Just my 2cents......
To me a lot of the long range, super dooper duck crushers were merely marketing hype. Not that they didn't work. They worked well with the components available at the time. But they were developed in the era of softer shot using fiber wads and the new smokeless powder which was really in it's infancy. Todays offerings make these old duck crushers even more effective. But they also work very well in these old guns that were simply 30" or 32" field guns with choke constrictions starting around .030 and up. I've shot a boatload of ducks and geese with 2 3/4" loads and most of those with a 20ga. My 30" Fox SW is a great duck gun. Ask me how I know.
So to answer the OP's query; The definition of a long range shotgun to me is any gun you can reliably and cleanly kill birds within 40yds. The majority of hunters have no business shooting at birds 50,60yds or further.
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