About two years ago, Federal Ammunition’s parent company purchased Hevi-Shot, a mid-sized shotgun ammo maker out of Sweet Home, Oregon, that has earned a cult-like following in the waterfowl hunting ...

Winchester is one the last major ammo houses to deliver a bismuth load, but their new waterfowl offering, Winchester Bismuth, seems to be worth the wait. The shotshell patterns closer to the old lead ...

A man once asked me for advice about his goose gun. The recoil of 3 ½-inch shells caused the trigger guard of his gun to whack the middle finger of his hand, leaving him bruised and sore after the ...

In the long-gone days of lead shot, choosing chokes for waterfowling was simple: the fuller, the better. A few hunters picked Modified for over-decoy shooting, but more often than not, in those days ...

Shotgun shells are a marvel of engineering, combining precision, power, and practicality. But for those new to the world of shotguns—or even seasoned shooters—deciphering the numbers on a box of ...