The business end of sending a slug through a shotgun barrel has seen serious upgrading since scatter-gunners first loaded a single chunk of lead into a shotgun shell. At the middle of the last century ...

Shotgun shells are a marvel of engineering, combining precision, power, and practicality. But for those new to the world of shotguns—or even seasoned shooters—deciphering the numbers on a box of ...

A shotgun shell can achieve anything from lightly peppering a clay target at close range to taking down a deer at 35 yards. And that huge variance in capability can all come out the business end of a ...