[cpdiii]

The correct shotgun is the one that the shooter is comfortable with and can use it properly in a high stress situation.

Go to your gun dealer and fire various weapons. If your local gun dealer can not let you fire his weapons. you have the wrong dealer.

Find and fire the one you like. Then go practice with it.

My personal favorite is a 12 gauge Browning Humpback. It “ain't” pretty but it is relentlessly reliable.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Ditto on the A-5. The Humpback has been my favorite for decades. I have three Belgians and a Japanese Browning. The Japanese gun it what I take to the field.