The black KRX Tactical from Tristar Arms is a semi-automatic 12 gauge built around a 20-inch barrel with a 3-inch chamber. Listed capacity is 5+1, and the finish is black throughout. The 3-inch chamber accepts both 2 3/4-inch and 3-inch shells, and the semi-automatic action cycles each round on its own rather than through a pump or lever. Tristar publishes few details for this version beyond gauge, action, capacity and barrel length, so this description sticks to those.

For a Connecticut buyer the gauge is the useful part. During the private-land deer season for shotguns and rifles, November 18 to December 8, a 12 gauge with single projectiles is permitted, and state land in the same dates is open to shotguns and muzzleloaders only. Sundays are private land only for deer. Archery is a separate season, September 15 through December 31 and into January in Zones 11 and 12, and muzzleloader season opens December 9 for those who carry on after the shotgun dates.

Key features

• Semi-automatic 12 gauge
• 20-inch barrel, 3-inch chamber
• 5+1 capacity
• Black finish

This shotgun ships to the Connecticut FFL dealer you name when ordering, for the background check and transfer.