Description
The Stevens 555 Sporting Compact 20 Gauge is a genuine sporting clays over/under built to a size that fits smaller-framed shooters, and priced where a first competition gun ought to be. The 26-inch barrels are ported and chrome lined, the receiver is engraved aluminum in satin silver, and five extended choke tubes come with the gun.
Sized for the Shooter
The Compact designation is not marketing. This version is dimensioned for shooters who are outgunned by a standard field stock, which covers most younger and smaller-framed competitors and a fair number of adults as well. The Turkish walnut stock carries an adjustable cheek rest, so eye height over the rib can be set properly rather than approximated, and the stock is ambidextrous.
Stevens 555 Sporting Compact 20 Gauge Barrels and Rib
The 26-inch barrels are chrome lined and ported, with the ports doing real work to take the edge off recoil across a long round of clays. On top sits a raised ventilated rib with a mid-bead and a fiber optic front sight, which is exactly the sight picture a sporting clays shooter wants. Five extended choke tubes come in the box, Cylinder through Full, so every station on a course is covered.
Light Enough to Swing All Day
The receiver is aluminum with steel insert reinforcement at the wear points, which keeps the gun light without giving up durability where it matters. A light over/under is a real advantage on a sporting course, where you may fire a hundred rounds and walk a mile between stations. The satin silver engraving on the receiver keeps it looking like a target gun rather than a budget one.
Specifications
- Model: 555 Sporting Compact
- Manufacturer part number: 18880
- Gauge: 20 gauge, 3 in. chamber
- Action: over and under, break open
- Barrels: 26 in., ported, chrome lined, satin black, ventilated rib
- Capacity: 2 rounds
- Receiver: aluminum with steel insert reinforcement, satin silver engraved
- Stock: Turkish walnut with adjustable cheek rest, ambidextrous
- Rib and sights: raised ventilated rib, mid-bead, fiber optic front
- Chokes: five extended tubes, Cylinder, Improved Cylinder, Modified, Improved Modified and Full
- Trigger: single selective mechanical
- UPC: 011356188809
The Selective Mechanical Trigger
A mechanical trigger resets from the mechanism rather than relying on recoil from the first shot, which means a light or a dud round never leaves you unable to fire the second barrel. It is selective as well, so you choose which barrel fires first depending on the choke you want for the presentation in front of you. On a sporting course that is a feature you use constantly.
Why Buyers Choose the Stevens 555 Sporting Compact 20 Gauge
Sporting over/unders usually start well north of this price, and compact versions of them are rarer still. Savage put ported chrome-lined barrels, an adjustable comb, five extended chokes and a mechanical selective trigger on a gun that a family can actually afford to buy for a new competitor. In 20 gauge it is also easy on the shoulder, which keeps beginners shooting rather than flinching.
Who Should Buy It
This suits the youth or smaller-framed shooter starting sporting clays, skeet or trap, the parent buying a first serious competition gun, and the upland hunter who wants a light 20 gauge that doubles at the club. Set the comb height before your first round rather than after, and start with Improved Cylinder and Modified tubes, which cover most sporting presentations.
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