Go ahead, do your worst. These shotguns are made for hard use and wily birds. No matter the quarry, these semi-autos won’t quit. My style of bird hunting is not gentlemanly. I scramble up piney mountain slopes for grouse, bust sheet ice in sloughs for ducks, and stomp around cattails for pheasants. And no matter where I go, I expect my shotgun to channel the U.S. postal system and deliver the goods. Come rain, sleet, or snow, or a tumble down a scree slope, or a mud bath in the marsh, I need a shotgun that won’t quit.

Likewise, I prefer …read more