When a shotgun is fired, a column of round shot pellets leaves the barrel and spreads out into a “pattern.” As the pellets travel farther from the firearm’s muzzle, the pattern widens. At some point, ...

A shotgun’s payload of pellets flies downrange in an expanding, lengthening swarm. The choke in the gun’s muzzle determines the height and width of that swarm. “Choke” is the taper in the last inches ...

Welcome to the confusing world of shotgun chokes. Well, it really isn't that confusing unless you care to delve deeply into the subject and most hunters simply do not. But, there are some basics you ...

What does a shotgun suppressor look like when it is designed as a choke system accessory first and a ‘can’ second? Yankee Hill Machine’s Victra-20 fills this void by scaling the company’s Victra-12 ...

Our 2018 guide includes entries for hunters and clay shooters of all types (and bank accounts). (Jean-Francois Monier/AFP/Getty Images) Enough new shotguns —and extensions to existing models — are ...