2024 Holiday Gift Guide: Shotguns

Find the perfect shotgun for the competitive shooter on your holiday gift list.

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posted on November 23, 2024
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On top is the Beretta A300 Ultima Competition semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun, below it is the TriStar Arms Cypher SP over-under 12-gauge shotgun.
Photos by Peter Fountain

Our 2024 Holiday Gift Guide for shotguns is here, and it’s packed with some noteworthy scatterguns. If you’re looking for the best shotgun gift ideas for the competitive shooter in your life, look no further.

Beretta A300 Ultima Competition Black Synthetic

Beretta A300 Ultima Competition

The A300 Ultima Competition 12-gauge from Beretta is tailor-made for multigun and three-gun competition. This semi-automatic shotgun sports oversized operating controls and a beefy 10-round capacity when the extended magazine tube is filled with 2¾-inch shotshells with an additional shell in the three-inch chamber. Gas-operated, the A300 Ultima Competition shotgun also has a self-cleaning cylinder and piston setup, with a compensating exhaust valve in front of the barrel ring that vents excess gas pressure. Additionally, the Beretta Kick-Off system in the stock helps to mitigate felt recoil. $1,399, beretta.com

Benelli Ethos Super Sport Performance Shop

Benelli Ethos Super Sport Performance Shop

This semi-automatic shotgun is chambered for 12-gauge shotshells and is outfitted with Benelli’s Comfort Tech 3 recoil-reduction system, an inertia-driven action and carbon-fiber-finished furniture. There’s also the Advanced Impact Barrel system—an overbore design with specialized internal contours to increase performance, plus a ported and threaded barrel for the included extended chokes and the Ethos carbon-fiber ventilated sighting rib. $3,399, benelliusa.com

Browning 825 Citori Sporting

Browning 825 Citori Sporting

Browning’s new Citori 825 Sporting 12-gauge over-under is available with 30- and 32-inch barrels. An enhanced version of the Citori 725’s excellent mechanical trigger will please skeet and sporting clays shooters. More competition-friendly features include a low-post floating rib with HiViz pro comp sight and ivory mid-bead, along with three trigger shoes. Five extended choke tubes are also included. $3,679.99, browning.com

TriStar Arms Cypher SP

TriStar Arms Cypher SP

A solid choice for sporting clays competition, this 12-gauge over-under shotgun features three-inch chambers and steel monobloc barrel construction, along with an adjustable comb, 30-inch ported barrels with target rib, fiber-optic front sight, automatic ejectors and a tang-mounted safety and barrel selector. The handsome Turkish Walnut stock and fore-arm are oil-finished. Plus, five extended color-coded choke tubes are included. Not only that, the TriStar Arms Cypher SP is one of the most affordable shotguns on our list, and includes a five-year warranty. $1,025, tristararms.com

Franchi Affinity 3 Sport Trap

Franchi Affinity 3 Sport Trap

Made for beginners, the Franchi Affinity 3 Sport Trap semi-automatic shotgun features a 30-inch ported barrel with stepped vent rib and is chambered for three-inch shells. An oversized bolt handle and controls add to its functionality. Perhaps best of all, it’s inertia-driven, making the Affinity 3 Sport Trap a smooth shooter that’s also easy to maintain. This 12-gauge scattergun is available with a black synthetic stock and blued finish. Three extended choke tubes (improved cylinder, modified and full) and a choke wrench are also included, along with five stock drop and cast adjustment shims. $899, franchiusa.com

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