Shotguns

The best Beretta shotguns come from the oldest gunmaker in the world, and the company still builds some of the softest shooting, most reliable semi-autos you can buy. The hard part is picking one. Beretta sells tactical guns, waterfowl guns and competition guns, and model names like 1301, A300, A350 and A400 do not tell [...]

The best pump shotguns are the most versatile long guns most people will ever own. One 12 gauge pump with a couple of barrels can hunt turkeys in the spring, birds in the fall, and deer with slugs, then stand guard by the bed at night. Pumps are also forgiving: they cycle anything from light [...]

These guns might not be the best option compared to a custom, built-for-you rifle, but they give you a great place to start and make easing into competition easy. 

In most states, your squirrel hunting gun needs can be covered with either a rimfire rifle, a shotgun, or a muzzleloader. But which one do you choose? 

The best Benelli guns include some of the most trusted shotguns ever built, from the M4 that the Marines picked as a joint service shotgun to the Super Black Eagle that waterfowlers have carried into the marsh for decades. Benelli now builds a bolt action rifle too, the Lupo, and it has become one of [...]

The best over under shotguns of 2026 do one thing better than any pump or semi-auto ever built: they give you two instant shots with two different chokes, from a gun you can break open and prove empty at a glance. That is why the stack-barrel double owns the sporting clays course, the trap line, [...]

It’s easy to move from an AR or AK-type rifle to a mag-fed shotgun. That’s opened some doors for the concept, and with some decent sales, the market has responded.

We ran the Silencer Central Banish 12 on a Browning A5 during a Texas dove hunt, and it flipped the script on noise, recoil, and follow-ups. Once you try it, it is hard to go back.

We pulled this list from gear we actually ran in the field and on the clock. If you want gifts that shoot straight and last, start here.