Sawed-off Shotgun

Sawed-off Shotgun
Statistics
Power	High
Range	Very Short
Rate of Fire	Moderate
Ammo Capacity	2

The Sawed-off Shotgun in Red Dead Revolver.

The Sawed-off Shotgun (or the Sawn-Off Shotgun) is a Shotgun featured in Red Dead Revolver and Red Dead Redemption.

Red Dead Revolver

The sawed-off shotgun has high power but less accuracy, which makes it one of the powerful weapons in the game and also upgradeable.

Red Dead Redemption

The weapon is a short-barreled shotgun with a pistol grip, with the barrel having been cut, or sawn, shorter, giving each shot from the gun a wider spread, but harshly cuts its maximum range. The weapon is similar in operation to the Double-barreled Shotgun, and holds two shells. The Sawed-off is more suited to close quarters, face-to-face situations, while the Double-barreled Shotgun, having a longer barrel and tighter pellet spread, is more suited to mid-range situations. As a hunting weapon, the Sawed-Off Shotgun is bested by its longer range equivalent the Double-barreled Shotgun in hunting most animals, except possibly birds that require only a few pellets to hit, making the Sawed-Off's larger spread more effective.

The player can unlock this weapon for free after completing the Pike's Basin hideout. This must be completed independently from the gameplay mission involving Armadillo Marshal Leigh Johnson.

Obtaining

Singleplayer

• Sawed-off Shotgun can be bought for $500 or $250 with low enough honor at Thieves' Landing Gunsmith.
• Can be found for free during the Pike's Basin hideout. During the shootout in the large main basin, it is dropped by one of the enemies.

Multiplayer

• Sawed-off Shotgun is unlocked upon reaching rank 18.

Undead Nightmare

• You get it after completing Dinner for Two in Armadillo.
• The Ravager's starting weapon in the multiplayer mode, Undead Overrun. Along with the Mauser Pistol, and Dynamite.

Trivia

• The Sawed-off Shotgun is held like a pistol or Revolver in Red Dead Redemption.

  

• Since it's a one-handed weapon, Marston can still fire the Sawed-Off while being physically attacked; this makes it an excellent default weapon for self-defense in cougar or bear country.

• Marston is seen on the North American and UK cover of the game holding this (in every other region, Marston is holding a revolver and the background of the cover is different), the same picture at the left side of the screen, if you have the Red Dead Wiki wallpaper set.

• The Sawed-off Shotgun has the shortest range out of all the other shotguns available to buy in Red Dead Redemption.
• The Sawed-off Shotgun works like a standard pistol, revolver, rifle, or repeater when used in Dead Eye while still keeping the power of a shotgun. This means it can kill most enemies in a single shot at any distance when in Dead Eye.
• Most players carry this on their backs in singleplayer, due to the fact that it does not stick out from Marston's back as much.
• The Sawed-off Shotgun is likely not the same model as the Double-Barrel Shotgun due to the fact that the Double-Barrel Shotgun has external hammers while the Sawed-off does not.
• In multiplayer, the Sawed-off Shotgun appears on the players back, but is held in one hand when drawn.

Achievements

The Sawed-off Shotgun can be used to unlock the following Trophies/Achievements:

	BULLSEYE 20 gamerscore Bronze bronze Get 250 headshots in any game mode.

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	THE GUNSLINGER 5 gamerscore Silver silver Get a headshot while in Expert Mode in Singleplayer.

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	LONG ARM OF MARSTON 20 gamerscore Silver silver Kill 500 enemies with any rifle, repeater, or shotgun