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Shotgun reviews, comparisons and buying guides, newest first. For most people buying a first shotgun, the job is home defense, and the best shotguns for home defense guide is where I’d start.
If you want one gun that does a bit of everything, look at the best 12 gauge shotguns and the best pump action shotguns. Clay shooters should check the best over/under shotguns, and spring hunters can jump to the best turkey shotguns or the best duck hunting shotguns. Every shotgun roundup is listed in our buying guides hub.
The eight Remington 870 upgrades worth buying in 2026, and what each one actually fits. Your 870 is probably an Express, a model RemArms no longer makes, and the magazine extension everyone recommends will not seat until the factory tube dimple is dealt with.
The Browning A5 wears the iconic humpback profile of the original Auto-5 but runs a modern Kinematic Drive inertia action, with a 100,000-round guarantee. Our full review, variants, and how it compares to the Beretta A400 and Benelli SBE3.
The Winchester SX4 delivers a fast, soft-shooting Active Valve gas system and light aluminum receiver for hundreds less than the European names. Our full review, variants, and how it compares to the Beretta A300 and Browning Maxus.
The Remington 1100 is one of the best-selling and softest-shooting shotguns ever made, a gas-operated classic that ruled the skeet field for decades. Our full review, variants, and how it compares to the Beretta A300 and Remington 870.
The Benelli Ethos is the company’s upscale field and sporting semi-auto, pairing legendary inertia reliability with a Progressive Comfort stock, carbon rib and elegant engraved receiver. Our full review, variants, and how it compares to the Beretta A400 and Benelli M2.
The Benelli Nova is Benelli’s budget pump, built around a clever weatherproof one-piece design. Our full review of the do-everything shotgun, its variants, and how it beats the Mossberg 500 and Remington 870.
A hands-on review of the Beretta 1301 Tactical, the fastest-cycling semi-auto defensive shotgun: the BLINK gas speed, soft recoil, light handling, 1301 vs Benelli M4, and why it is a home-defense benchmark.
A hands-on Mossberg 940 Pro Tactical review after a 400-round test, covering buckshot reliability, the factory red-dot cut, patterning, break-in, and how it stacks up against the Beretta 1301 and Benelli M4.
A hands-on, 500-round Remington 870 Tactical review with real specs, an honest look at the RemArms quality era, and how it stacks up against the Mossberg 590A1, Maverick 88 and Winchester SXP.
