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Meet the 555

The 555 Sporting gives options not usually seen in price range clay shotguns, together with a middle sight bead on the vent rib and a strengthened breech. (Photograph: Taylor Abney/Weapons.com)

The 555, like many price range shotguns, is made in Turkey by KOFS and imported by Savage Arms. When contemplating a price range over-under, the primary issues to consider are fitment and popularity. As Turkish shotguns fill the price range shotgun area, it may be troublesome to wade via the waters and work out what choices are finest. With an organization like Savage backing the legacy, I’d belief the Stevens title over a few of these newcomers any day.

The 555 is obtainable in a number of totally different fashions and gauges. For this assessment we had been in a position to purchase a 12-gauge 555 Sporting mannequin. The Sporting is geared towards capturing sporting clays and entice, that includes a strengthened breech and a raised vent rib.

Options

Stevens 555 Sporting 12-gauge over-under shotgun — A raised vent rib with fiber-optic entrance sight and a middle brass bead make it straightforward to choose up your goal. (Photograph: Taylor Abney/Weapons.com)

The raised vent rib is ideal for skeet and entice. It even has a middle bead. That straightforward brass bead positioned in the course of the vent rib is extremely useful in making certain you’ve got an excellent sight image. Although having a middle bead would possibly seem to be a easy factor, many price range shotguns don’t provide this function.

To sweeten issues up much more, the dual 30-inch barrels sport porting. Accuracy was solely a problem of the person, as I examined this shotgun via a number of programs of fireside.

Within the field you’ll discover an array of prolonged choke tubes, supplied in 5 totally different sizes. This package has all the pieces you’ll have to get began. As a newbie clay shooter, one can run down an costly rabbit gap of choke choices, so having a handful of prolonged tubes from the manufacturing facility is a pleasant profit.

By way of aesthetics, the walnut end and silver aluminum receiver provide a traditional look. The end on each inventory and barrels held up very properly over the course of a number of vary days.

The checkered grips are comfy and safe whereas swinging to choose up clay targets. (Photograph: Taylor Abney/Weapons.com)

At The Vary

Throughout my checks, the 555 endured a number of rounds of sporting clays, skeet and entice capturing. This was a enjoyable gun! I’d say about 400 rounds whole had been spent, starting from super-handicapped 1,300 feet-per-second Winchester AAs to 1,170 fps White Field rounds. Throughout that point, zero malfunctions occurred, and because it broke in, the motion grew to become pleasantly simpler and easy.

This shotgun gives extractors, which means it’s as much as you to pluck out used rounds. Certainly this was chosen to assist hold prices down, however I really want to keep away from the shock of ejectors capturing out spent shells.

Though on the lighter aspect, the gun carried very properly via transitions on pairs. Hitting one clay and swinging over for the subsequent was each straightforward and comfy. This shotgun is simple to choose up and goal, making it nice for newbie and skilled shooters alike.

The inventory mounts comfortably, and looking out down the vent rib feels pure. Must you wish to make an adjustment to the cheek comb, that’s an possibility, one thing you’ll sometimes not see on a price range over-under. In a sport the place fitment is essential, options like this may be the distinction between crushing clays and lacking them.