Browning is no longer making its famous Browning Pump Shotgun. This saddens us because the BPS is one of the best shotguns ever made. A lot of slide-action shotguns have come and gone through the ages ...

Pump guns, like the Browning BPS, remain a favorite of those waterfowl hunters who value reliability over all else. Pumps keep on shooting when semiautos fail. They aren’t finicky about what ammo they ...

My first shotgun was an Ithaca 12-gauge pump action that my dad bought at Gary's Gun Shop in Sioux Falls. I used it for a year or two before buying my own, a new Browning BPS 12 gauge that served me ...

Bottom-eject shotguns are unique in that the shotshells are loaded and ejected from the same port. On most pumps, two carrier “fingers” work with a magazine stop to allow a spent hull to eject while ...

I grew up hunting in the goose pits of Fulton County, Illinois, a place once noted for its huge Canada geese. Those days are long gone, but there are still a few groups of massive local honkers with ...

In any examination of shotguns, reviewers omit what I consider to be the most important element, the shooting experience. Snack makers have a term for this: "Bliss point." It is the combination of ...