There are still a ton of great Browning Auto 5 shotguns in the used market. No other shotgun feels quite like an original Browning Auto 5 when it goes off. The entire barrel moves backward with the ...

KIRK MCINNIS died too early and too hard. Scott Wood and I cut cattail stalks for his casket spray, swatting mosquitoes in the late-summer heat, and couldn’t believe he was gone—Kirk with his ...

The first successful autoloading shotgun was the legendary Auto-5, designed by John M. Browning at the turn of the last century. A lot has been written about the Auto-5, or “old humpback” as it’s ...

Before I share my top picks with you, we need to discuss the Browning Auto 5. We need to start with this epic boomstick to know how the modern semi-auto shotgun industry started. The Browning Auto 5 ...

In the late 1700s, brothers John and Joseph Manton established the standard for all custom shotgun makers to achieve. Joseph Manton had the gift for turning steel and wood into fine works of art that ...

No gunmaker has seen a more dramatic evolution of its semiautomatic shotguns than Remington. Because of its shotgun ammunition plant in Lonoke, Arkansans think of Remington as a local company. Its ...

The best semi auto shotguns fire rounds reliably and cycle quickly. Even when built upon a relatively light platform, they soak up recoil and swing to birds and clays naturally. It’s no wonder that so ...