The gauge is the first thing you’ll notice on a box of shotshells, and it’s crucial to match this number with your shotgun.

A few years ago, the 410 was given new life thanks to Tungsten Super Shot (TSS). The dense little pellets turned the diminutive gauge—usually reserved for youth small game hunters—into a viable turkey ...

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In my younger days, my buddies and I always went to a bar after work. Every now and then we’d get into arguments with a bar fly—from politics to our favorite bird gun—and suddenly were all in a fight.

In the 1990s, 12 gauges chambered for 3.5-inch shotshells were standard issue for most duck hunters. The reason for the surge in popularity of 3.5-inch guns, like the Benelli Super Black Eagle (the ...

Types of shotguns are classified by their action, which is their operating system, so to speak, and by their gauge, an archaic measure of caliber. Each action type and gauge has its advantages and ...

Along with a superior quail hunt, my recent trip to Georgia renewed my dormant love affair with an old flame, the 28-gauge shotgun. The 28-gauge is in no way deficient. It just doesn't really apply to ...

Along with a superior quail hunt, my recent trip to Georgia renewed my dormant love affair with an old flame, the 28-gauge shotgun. The 28-gauge is in no way deficient. It just doesn't really apply to ...

August is a month of preparation, a month when dove hunters are mulling what they need in the way of gear. Some will decide they need a new shotgun. I’ve shot doves with everything from a single-shot ...