Patterning your shotgun is the only way to learn its effective range. Testing your gun with different choke and loads can increase your hitting percentages by helping you find the ideal pattern spread ...

Make sure your shotgun is shooting the best possible patterns before upland and waterfowl seasons open. Here’s a step-by-step guide Like anything, you can take patterning a shotgun too far. A turkey ...

With shotgun shells harder to find this summer, dove hunters are having to scramble before the Sept. 1 opener. Target loads are easier to find and could give hunters better down-range pattern. In my ...

In the world of shotguns there are some large topics of dissension: lead, choke selection, gun fit, and shot size selection to name a few. But one surprisingly controversial topic is the subject of ...

A shotgun shell can achieve anything from lightly peppering a clay target at close range to taking down a deer at 35 yards. And that huge variance in capability can all come out the business end of a ...

I am a staunch believer in the Book of Genesis and what it teaches us about how we arrived at where we are today. However, when it comes to shotgun ammunition, evolution is the key to successful ...