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8 of the Best Pump Shotguns for Less Than $500 (and One High-End Model)

By Curtis Niedermier

The Best Over/Under Shotguns for Less than $1,000

By Curtis Niedermier

5 of the Best Trap Shotguns That Will Fit Every Shooter’s Budget

By Brad Fitzpatrick

The Best All-Around Shotguns For Under $1,000

By Brad Fitzpatrick

You Don’t Have to Buy a Pricey Shotgun to Become an Accomplished Target Shooter

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The Best Duck Hunting Shotguns for Waterfowlers

By Joe Genzel

Shotgun Review: The 590S Adds More Versatility to Mossberg’s Tactical Shotgun Lineup

By Payton Miller

Best Shotguns: 7 Great 28 Gauges for Upland Hunting

By Curtis Niedermier

The Comeback of the .410, Plus Four Pump-Action Shotguns for Small Game

By Brad Fitzpatrick

4 of the Best Side-by-Side Shotguns You Can Actually Afford

By Brad Fitzpatrick

Shotgun Review: Remington’s 870 Express Is the Best Pump Gun For the Money

By Joe Genzel

The 7 Best Shotguns for Young Hunters

By Brad Fitzpatrick , Joe Genzel

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How to Find a Shotgun That Fits You

By Bruce Buck

Fabarm XLR5 Chesapeake Review: Italy’s Next Gas-Driven, 3-Inch Auto-Loader

By Joe Genzel

The Coolest Ducks Unlimited Dinner Guns of All Time

By John Gordon

The Best .410 and 28-Gauge Semi-Auto Shotguns

By John Gordon

Mossberg 940 Pro Tactical Review: A Personal-Defense Firearm That’s a Capable Competition Shotgun

By Payton Miller

Shotgun Recoil: Here’s What Hunters and Shooters Need to Know

By Bruce Buck

If These Nine Shotgun Writers Could Only Have One Gun, Which Smoothbore Would They Pick?

By Joe Genzel

Benelli vs. Beretta: Which Italian Shotgun Maker Is Your Favorite?

By Joe Genzel

The Remington 105 CTi: A Semi-Auto that Almost Revolutionized Shotgun Design

By John M. Taylor

The 4 Benelli Shotguns That Inspired the Super Black Eagle

By Joe Genzel

Mossberg 940 Pro Turkey Review

By Alex Robinson

Was Val Browning’s Double Auto More Innovative Than His Father’s Auto-5?

By Payton Miller

How to Find a Shotgun That Fits You

By Bruce Buck

The Best Folding Shotguns for Survival and Self Defense

By Payton Miller

The Coolest Ducks Unlimited Dinner Guns of All Time

By John Gordon

Shotgun Recoil: Here’s What Hunters and Shooters Need to Know

By Bruce Buck

If These Nine Shotgun Writers Could Only Have One Gun, Which Smoothbore Would They Pick?

By Joe Genzel

Remington 870 Fieldmaster Review: Torture Testing the Shotgun That Will Replace the Express

By Joe Genzel

The Spencer Pump: America’s First Pump-Action Shotgun

By John M. Taylor

Shotgun Review: RemArms Remington 870 Express

By Joe Genzel

The Comeback of the .410, Plus Four Pump-Action Shotguns for Small Game

By Brad Fitzpatrick

Shotgun Review: Remington’s 870 Express Is the Best Pump Gun For the Money

By Joe Genzel

The Benelli M3 Super 90 Is a Pump and Semi-Auto Shotgun

By Jeff Johnston

The Remington 870 Wingmaster vs. the Express: Which Is the Better Shotgun Buy?

By Joe Genzel

The Ruger Red Label: America’s Last Working-Class Over/Under

By Colton Heward

How to Find a Shotgun That Fits You

By Bruce Buck

How the Most Expensive Shotguns in the World Are Made

By John Taylor

The Best Folding Shotguns for Survival and Self Defense

By Payton Miller

The Coolest Ducks Unlimited Dinner Guns of All Time

By John Gordon

The Biggest Shotguns of All Time

By Joe Genzel

Shotgun Recoil: Here’s What Hunters and Shooters Need to Know

By Bruce Buck

If These Nine Shotgun Writers Could Only Have One Gun, Which Smoothbore Would They Pick?

By Joe Genzel

Benelli vs. Beretta: Which Italian Shotgun Maker Is Your Favorite?

By Joe Genzel

Iconic American-Made Duck Hunting Side-by-Side Shotguns

By John Gordon

4 of the Best Side-by-Side Shotguns You Can Actually Afford

By Brad Fitzpatrick

John Olin’s Favorite Double Gun: The Winchester 21

By John M. Taylor

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U.S. Olympic Biathlete Deedra Irwin Missed a Silver Medal by One Shot, but Her Seventh-Place Finish Was Still the Best Ever by an American

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There Is Far More to Concealed Carry Than Just Buying a Handgun

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+P Ammo for Self Defense

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Best Bear Defense Handguns of 2022

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