Red Dead Redemption 2: Ranking Every Weapon From Worst To Best

This may not be RDR 2's fastest gun, nor the most accurate, or even the most damaging. But there is no weapon in Red Dead Redemption 2 that matches the vicious, raw and gratifying power to be found in the Sawed-Off Shotgun.

Steeped deep in the myth of Red Dead Redemption, this weapon was the focal point of the first game's iconic cover, an image now synonymous with gaming as an art form. Mix in its appearance in one of the epilogue's best scenes, and you don't have a gun, you have a legendary piece of iron.

In gameplay, the Sawed-Off is no slouch. Be it removing heads with executions, using slug ammo to take out enemies at a range or simply serving as a no-nonsense sidearm, the Sawed-Off is a perfectly satisfying weapon to warm Arthur's off-hand holster.

A weapon that comes out on top as Red Dead Redemption 2's best weapon, the Sawed-Off Shotgun is a gun for a ruthless player, an essential sidearm for a world where removing heads is as easy as breathing... no matter the gun it comes from.