In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the 10-gauge was in widespread use as an all-purpose shotgun for hunting ducks, upland birds, and small game, much as the 12-gauge is today. It had a 2 ...

Shotgun gauges are determined by the number of lead balls of a given diameter required to make one pound of that size ball. In other words 20 balls of 20-gauge diameter are needed to make one pound; ...

Types of shotguns are classified by their action, which is their operating system, so to speak, and by their gauge, an archaic measure of caliber. Each action type and gauge has its advantages and ...

“It basically started out as an art project,” says Per Cromwell, inventor of the Flower Shell, a 12-gauge shotgun shell loaded with seeds for poppies, peonies, and cornflowers. “I got the idea that it ...