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I have two European combination guns. They have the shotgun barrel over the rifle barrel, reasoning the center fire rifle cartridges have higher pressures than the shotgun shells and the rifle barrels are closer to the pivot point. These guns have their rifle barrels regulated to the shotgun point of impact at 40 to 50 yards.
One of my combination guns, Valmet 412 - 12 GA Mag over .223 Rem allows you to adjust the rifle barrel for elevation and wind-age. I hunt coyotes and zero the scope at 40 yards with slugs and buck shot. Then zero the barrel to the scopes point of aim at 100 yards.
Not to knock the Savage combo's, but I had a friend who had a 12ga/.30-30. He wanted to use it for coyotes, after missing one he decided to shoot both barrels on paper. They were way off from each other. He sold the gun. This is not saying all are that way. If you get one that both barrels a regulated to a common point of impact, high five. If not you have a gun that is not very useful.
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