12 Great Wildfowl Shotguns

By David Hart

No group of hunters ask as much of their guns as wildfowl hunters. We lay them in mud; we hunt in rain, snow, ice and salt spray; and we just shrug when a wet, muddy retriever walks across our unloaded, uncased gun bouncing in the bottom of the boat. We’ve even been known to use them as decoy retrievers and boat paddles on occasion. Then we expect our shotguns to go “boom” every time we pull the trigger.

Thankfully, modern shotguns are reliable, despite the abuse we heap upon them. Shotgun makers are hunters, too, and they understand that a wildfowl gun doesn’t have to be pretty (not that that there’s anything wrong with that) but that it must stand up to mud, sleet, debris and dirty dogs. They are building fast-cycling guns that don’t care if they’re a little neglected, and they are making shotguns that can handle a variety of loads without making any adjustments. Today’s wildfowl guns are just as capable on the skeet range or in the turkey woods as they are in a duck blind. One of these could become your new best friend in the field.

Benelli SBE II

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