In Britain, the standard 12-ga. cartridge is the 2 1⁄2", loaded with one or 1 1⁄16 ozs. of shot. With the resurgence of interest in side-by-sides, more and more British-made shotguns are coming to ...

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The quail burst from cover and peeled right. My little 28-gauge Remington hit my shoulder and the sight picture looked right. But when I pulled the trigger, there was nothing but a sickening “click.” ...

The 70mm payload launcher is still one of the most versatile tools in the law enforcement toolbox. Like the revolver, the shotgun is still the king of reliability and cartridge effectiveness. The ...

Shotgun gauges are determined by the number of lead balls of a given diameter required to make one pound of that size ball. In other words 20 balls of 20-gauge diameter are needed to make one pound; ...

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 late 19th and into the 20th century, the 10-gauge was in widespread use as an all-purpose shotgun for hunting ducks, upland birds, and small game, much as the 12-gauge is today. It had a 2 ...