The Savage 220Y And The Winchester SX3 Provide Accuracy And Power Where Rifled Shotguns Are Needed Or Required In modern America, rifled shotguns are hybrid creatures spawned mainly by regulatory compliance. Several states require them for deer hunting, with the justiï¬cations ranging from reduced range for densely populated areas to deliberately limited effectiveness to give deer a ï¬ghting chance. Their technical provenance, however, goes back quite a bit further. The ï¬rst bolt-action rifle adopted by Prussia in late 1840s, the Dreyse "needle gu", used projectiles somewhere between 16 gauge and 20 gauge – a 1-ounce bullet riding a paper sabot...
