“franchi”

Bryce Towsley breaks down the gear he used on his recent Merriam's turkey hunt.

The Franchi Intensity, in many ways, delivers on its name. It capitalizes on some of the industry’s most respected technologies to reliably harness the most powerful shotshell payloads, and it does so in a slim, attractive package that betrays its middle-of-the-road price point. Hard to argue with any scattergun that offers both versatility and value.

Just like its neighboring provinces, Saskatchewan serves as a Mecca of sorts for waterfowl hunters. The volume of fowl—and the diversity, at that—is more difficult to describe to the uninitiated than you might expect.

If you're going to kick off waterfowl season, you may as well do it right. So, with that in mind, Web Managing Editor Shawn Skipper began his 2015 fall campaign by journeying to the Great White North with Franchi to put the hurtin' on the local bird population.

Weatherby is known for rifles, but the company has darn nice shotguns, too.

Web Managing Editor Shawn Skipper recently joined SPG Outdoors and Browning for a weekend of waterfowl hunting at Honey Brake, part of the nearly 40,000 acre Louisiana Delta Plantation. Get an inside look at his hunt with this gallery.

Once upon a time, there was only one place to go if you wanted a shotgun with an inertia-driven action. Not anymore. Meet the new Stevens S1200.

Finding the right shotgun fit means everything, but it's exceptionally difficult if you're sporting a smaller frame than what your scattergun was designed for. The average female shooter is smaller in stature than their male counterparts, companies have been recognizing and adjusting for that in recent years. Franchi is joining in the party in 2016 with the introduction of its Catalyst line of shotguns.

Associate Editor Jon Draper takes a look at some of 2016's top new shotgun offerings.