The Browning Maxus II was, for me, one of the biggest, most pleasant surprises of our waterfowl shotgun test. Never bowled over by the original Maxus, I was ready to be unimpressed. Instead, I ...

The Browning BPS is a reliable shotgun that will shoot in any conditions. ... I hunted waterfowl with the BPS I owned the longest—a 3-inch, walnut stocked 12 gauge.

And, it doesn’t hurt to have some BB in the truck if you are targeting geese. We shot a variety of loads on our North Dakota trip, but the two standouts were Browning’s BXD waterfowl load in No. 2 and ...