The gauge is the first thing you’ll notice on a box of shotshells, and it’s crucial to match this number with your shotgun.

A few years ago, the 410 was given new life thanks to Tungsten Super Shot (TSS). The dense little pellets turned the diminutive gauge—usually reserved for youth small game hunters—into a viable turkey ...

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.

The recent introduction of a 3-inch magnum and the popularity of bismuth and TSS ammo have elevated the 28-gauge from a niche gun to America’s hot smallbore. Not long ago, the 28 was strictly a ...