Shotguns

Shotguns are a weapons class appearing in Red Dead Revolver and Red Dead Redemption that are capable of very high stopping power at close ranges.

Description

Shotguns use a different style of ammo when compared to other weapons in-game, firing a spread of pellets instead of a single projectile. This increases the chance of hitting an enemy on the run or hitting multiple enemies, but limits the effective weapon range of most shotguns to close quarters combat. The exception in Red Dead Redemption occurs in the Undead Overrun game mode where players can obtain shotgun slugs (single projectiles) at times.

Some shotguns use some type of manual action to eject and chamber shells, such as the pump action, but are slightly slower to fire. There are break-action shotguns that can fire somewhat faster than a pump action since the shells are already in the breech, but usually hold fewer shells because the number of shells is reliant on the number of barrels, which is usually two at most. However, some shotguns use recoil or gas to automatically eject and chamber shells, firing every time the trigger is pulled. Most shotguns are loaded one shell at a time, either into the breach or shell loading port. Shotguns use Shotgun Ammo.

Using Dead-Eye Targeting can eliminate several enemies at close range in a short amount of time, but it's main use is to mark enemies at further range, as Dead-Eye seems to increase the range of shotguns, but not enough to make them compare to repeaters or rifles.

List of Shotguns

Red Dead Revolver

• 12 Gauge Shotgun
• Escopeta
• Zwei Fasser
• The Lion
• Breech Loader
• Sawn-off Shotgun

Red Dead Redemption

• Double-barreled Shotgun
• Sawed-off Shotgun
• Pump-action Shotgun
• Semi-auto Shotgun

Trivia

• In Multiplayer, getting the Shotguns golden can be more difficult to achieve than for handguns and rifles due to their nature of being close range weapons and the difficulty in getting a head shot due to the scatter shot ammo.
• Shotguns, in both multipayer and single player, are loaded with buckshot that fire exactly 15 pellets. This means that the characters are most likely using 00 Buck loads.
• ( 00 buck has (8) .38 caliber balls in one shell, not 15.)

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

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	EXQUISITE TASTE 10 gamerscore Bronze bronze Purchase a rare weapon from a gunsmith.

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	REDEEMED 100 gamerscore Gold gold Attain 100% in the Single Player Game Completion stat.