Pick up a Zoli shotgun and the first thing you’ll notice isn’t the beauty – although that’s certainly there. It’s not even the precise craftsmanship or the artistry of the engraving. It’s the way the gun feels. Balanced. Alive. Responsive. Like it was made for your hands alone.

This is no accident. Zoli has spent decades perfecting the geometry, weight distribution, and handling dynamics that allow shooters to perform with natural, instinctive confidence. Whether you’re swinging through a fast crosser or posting up for a trap pair, Zoli shotguns feel like an extension of your body.

The Zoli Feel: Engineered From the Inside Out

Balance is not just about where a shotgun tips on your finger. It’s about dynamic neutrality – how the gun moves in motion, how quickly it stops, how smoothly it transitions from target to target.

Zoli achieves this by:

• Centering mass low and between the hands

• Designing action and barrel assemblies as a cohesive unit

• Minimizing rotational inertia for lightning-fast transitions

The result? A shotgun that doesn’t fight you. It flows.

Action Design That Anchors Balance

At the core of every Zoli is the monolithic Boss-type action, a design that allows the barrels to sit lower in the receiver while maintaining tremendous strength.

This lower barrel placement:

• Drops the center of gravity

• Reduces muzzle flip

• Improves vertical target alignment

The action itself is milled from solid forged steel, giving it the right mass and structure to ground the balance point exactly where it belongs: between your hands.

Custom Stock Geometry

Every Zoli stock is shaped with not just ergonomics, but balance symmetry in mind. That means:

• Cast, drop, pitch, and grip angle are optimized to reduce shooter fatigue

• Recoil is directed straight back rather than into the shoulder at an angle

• The sight plane remains consistent, even as fatigue sets in during long competitions

Custom-fit and adjustable comb options allow shooters to tailor the gun’s fit without disrupting the factory balance of Zoli engineers into every build.

Barrel Options to Match Your Game

Whether you’re shooting trap, skeet, or sporting clays, Zoli offers a wide array of barrel lengths and weights. But unlike some manufacturers, these aren’t just bolt-ons.

Each barrel set is:

• Precision-matched to the receiver for weight and feel

• Balanced with Zoli’s in-house barrel weight system

• Hand-checked to ensure consistent swing dynamics

This allows shooters to change disciplines without changing the feel of their gun.

Forend Design and Feel

Zoli’s forends are more than aesthetic components. They are critical touchpoints that support balance and responsiveness.

• The rounded schnabel or beavertail profiles give shooters options for hand position and leverage

• Forends are hand-fitted to the barrels to eliminate wobble or misalignment

• The wood-to-metal fit is seamless, reinforcing the one-piece feeling of the shotgun in motion

Every forend is designed to help the gun move like a balanced lever, not a dead weight.

Competition-Proven Results

Balance doesn’t just feel good. It performs.

Zoli shooters report:

• Faster recovery times between shots

• Improved target acquisition on complex pairs

• Reduced fatigue during multi-day events

In disciplines where hundreds of targets are shot over a single weekend, this level of control becomes a serious competitive edge.

Intuition Engineered

The most successful shooters in the world talk about becoming one with their shotgun. That level of intuitive control is only possible when the gun disappears in the mind of the shooter.

Zoli shotguns are engineered for that moment:

• When the mount feels automatic

• When the swing is fluid and unforced

• When the shot breaks without conscious thought

It doesn’t happen by accident. It happens by design.

Zoli Just Wins Because It Just Fits

Whether you’re a seasoned competitor or an avid enthusiast, you know the difference between fighting your gun and flowing with it. Zoli eliminates that tension with balanced design, intelligent engineering, and shooter-first development.

From the first mount to the last shot of the day, Zoli just feels right. Because behind every championship round is a shotgun that knows how to stay out of the way and let you shoot your best.

That’s balance. That’s Zoli.