TriStar Arms brought color expansions for existing products to SHOT Show 2026 alongside one unusual addition: a thumbhole stock over/under shotgun born from a raffle experiment. The company also added ODG/Black and FDE/Black options to their KR.22 rimfire rifle.
The KR.22 rimfire rifle now ships in three finishes. The original Synthetic model runs $289, while the new ODG/Black and FDE/Black configurations sell for $309. All share the same specs and gubbins in the box.
TriStar KR.22 Specifications:
The real oddity at TriStar's booth was the Upland Hunter Thumbhole Stock shotgun. This 20-gauge over/under features a thumbhole pistol grip stock in Mossy Oak Greenleaf with a bronze Cerakote receiver. The gun exists because TriStar built one for a event raffle. Ticket sales went well enough that the company decided to give it a production run to test market demand.
The thumbhole O/U is a weird choice even for TriStar. Chrome-lined 26-inch barrels wear vent ribs with fiber optic front sight. Single selective trigger allows barrel selection via the tang safety. Five Beretta/Benelli Mobil chokes ship with it. Weight sits at 6 pounds with 14.25-inch length of pull. MSRP is $879.
Handling it on the show floor felt odd but not wrong. The thumbhole grip changes how you mount and swing an over/under compared to traditional stocks, but it wasn't uncomfortable during dry shouldering. Range time would reveal whether the ergonomics actually improve turkey hunting mobility or if this is just TriStar experimenting with leftover raffle gun tooling.
Would you buy a thumbhole over/under for turkey hunting, or is this charity raffle gun better left as a one-off oddity? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.