Compact weapons are very important when moving around in close quarters combat. Tactical is literally in its name, but even if that wasn’t the case it is hard not to see the Kel-Tec Shotgun (KSG) Tactical as anything but one that is ready for action. With its 13.7 inch (343mm) barrel this is available only to military, law enforcement or civilians as an NFA restricted short-barreled shotgun (requires a tax stamp). Since its introduction in 2011, the Kel-Tec pump action shotguns have proven themselves to be true twenty-first-century firearms, and the KSG offers the biggest leap forward in shotgun technology in more than a century. Instead of a magazine tube, which necessitates an overly long weapon or a vertical box magazine that limits the compact nature of a CQB (close quarters battle) weapon, the KSG features a dual-tube magazine that provides the ability to change out the ammunition load without emptying the shotgun. The two magazines are parallel to one another and use no extra vertical space.