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Whether you’re a waterfowler, upland hunter or clay target shooter, you’ll find something to be excited about this year. Here are our picks for the best new shotguns for hunters in 2024.

HEVI-Shot has expanded its shotshell line to include its 12 g/cc tungsten shot in .410-bore. This shot is over 50 percent more dense than traditional steel shot, making the HEVI-XII a logical choice for those who like to hunt waterfowl with the sub-gauge shotguns.

Using a lead-free copper monometal design, with a polymer tip over a hollow cavity, the Freight Train Copper gives a huge ballistic advantage over conventional slugs.

Benelli's Performance Shop is known for turning out firearms that go far beyond even the already lofty level of the company's products. Now, the Performance Shop has turned its considerable resources toward a hunter favorite: the Benelli Ethos.

Real Avid has debuted a new self-contained firearm cleaning kit, housed in an O-ring sealed, clamshell workstation.

GAMO Outdoors USA has announced a brand new iteration of its Swarm magnum Pro air rifle. This GEN3i repeating rifle is fed by a 10-round, horizontally mounted inertia-fed magazine.

Contributor B. Gil Horman hits the range ahead of SHOT Show to test the all new Bond Arms Cyclops Thumper.

Now ready for the field almost out of the box, Mossberg’s line of optic-ready 500 and 835 Ulti-Mag Turkey pump-action shotguns are being offered with an olive-green Holosun HS407K micro dot sight.

B. Gil Horman delves into the "trail-to-town" concept, with an in-depth look at the 10mm Auto.