My first look at the Stevens 555 over/under shotgun was at a media event in northern Minnesota. There were a lot of guns available to tinker with, including several semi-auto shotguns. Being a double-barrel fanatic, I immediately gravitated towards the new over/under from Stevens. It was the basic grade 12-gauge 555. I shot some clays with it, and it handled nicely. I wasn’t blown away by the look of the gun, as it was a pretty standard looking O/U.

Then I was told that there was an enhanced grade 555 in 20-gauge floating about, and I impatiently awaited my turn to handle it. I took it for a spin on the sporting clays course, and was more than impressed.

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