“Pump-action shotguns are an excellent choice for home defense and for hunting small game such as turkey and waterfowl.”
https://palmettostatearmory.com/guns/shotguns/pump-action-shotguns.html
Hoping THIS is the year Santa brings me my over/under 30” 12 gauge shotgun. ;)
Used to borrow one from my BIL for skeet shooting. That things was SWEET - no kick in the shoulder at all; could shoot that thing all day long.
Ah, well. A girl can dream... ;)