Although the 10 gauge is the biggest legal gauge allowed for hunting in the U.S., 10-gauge guns are heavy and awkward to carry. That leaves the 12 gauge as the biggest practical gauge, and, in ...

You can buy 12s for half that in some cases.” The 3½-inch 12-gauge load made the 10-gauge shotgun obsolete, but the big gun made a comeback in the 1990s when steel shot was required to hunt waterfowl.

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And you can tote a lighter gun to the blind and experience the same results (with less recoil) as you would with a 12-gauge. Ramsey Russel of getducks.com shooting his Benelli ETHOS Cordoba in ...