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 ...

The dirty little secret about shotguns is that some don't shoot straight. Another secret: Most people who own these guns don't realize they don't place shot where they're pointed. Why not? Because ...

This article by John M. Taylor appeared originally in the September 2004 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as ...

Like anything, you can take patterning a shotgun too far. A turkey hunter told me once he spent $1,000 one winter buying XX-Full chokes and magnum loads for his guns, then he patterned them all to ...