Winchester Minigame Guide
Schießstandbetreiber – Winchester is an NPC who runs a paid shooting minigame in Enter the Gungeon: 4 shots, 4 targets, and a chest reward based on your score. This guide covers the rules, rewards, tricks, and traps to avoid.
Schießstandbetreiber – Winchester is an NPC who appears randomly in Enter the Gungeon and runs a paid shooting mini-game. Players use the 
Wettkampfpistole — 4 shots to hit 4 targets — and receive a chest based on how many they hit. Achieving a perfect score in his mini-game three times unlocks the 
Siebenblättriges Kleeblatt.
How the mini-game works
- Blue blocks: bullets bounce off them.
- Green blocks: bullets bounce off them, and the block disappears.
- Red blocks: bullets are immediately absorbed.
- Bullets can bounce up to 4 times total — off walls, blue blocks, or green blocks.
- A laser sight is active throughout, showing the predicted bullet path.
Reward tiers
| Shots hit | Festung des Bleifürsten–2 | Schwarzpulver-Mine+ |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | No reward | No reward |
| 1 |  Brown Chest |  Blue Chest |
| 2 | Blue Chest |  Green Chest |
| 3 | Green Chest |  Red Chest |
| 4 | Red Chest |  Black Chest |
- The reward chest can still be a
Nachahmer, so shoot it once before opening; it is however unaffected by 
Nachahmerzahn-Kette, which will not turn it into one - Oubliette and Abtei der Wahren Waffe count as the "Festung des Bleifürsten–2" tier
- Schießstandbetreiber – Winchester can rarely award a
Glitch Chest or 
Rainbow Chest regardless of performance
Tricks
This section covers three things: which tricks are not judged as cheating, how passive items affect the Wettkampfpistole, and what to drop before you pay.
Tricks that do not count as cheating
- Using movement items to approach targets:
Greifhaken, 
Blutiger Schal, 
Wachsflügel, 
Ring der Geisterform, 
Teilweise gegessener Käse, 
Jetpack, 
Katzen-Geschosskönigthron - Increasing shot count:
Magazinständer (infinite ammo for Wettkampfpistole), 
Klebeband (total shots equals combined ammo of both guns), 
Ring des Abzugs (bullets bounce many more times), 
Doppelblick - Destroying targets without firing the Wettkampfpistole:
Knarrenstiefel (kick shots, do not count as hits), Katzen-Geschosskönigthron, 
Herz aus Eis (falling into a pit triggers an ice explosion that destroys all targets) 
Fernlenkpatronen: can trivialize the game, and the game layout gives sufficient room for shots to be curved
How passives affect the Wettkampfpistole
Most bullet passive items affect the Wettkampfpistole. Effects by category:
| Effect | Items |
|---|---|
| More bullets |  Hüft-Holster  Zweitpistole  Streuschuss  Flakpatronen  Helixpatronen |
| Change trajectory | Fernlenkpatronen Helixpatronen |
| Change size |  Dicke Patronen  Stämmige Patronen |
| Change speed |  Schwere Patronen  Raketengetriebene Patronen |
| Change behavior | Fernlenkpatronen  Geisterpatronen  Springpatronen  Wütende Patronen |
| Affect accuracy |  Augenklappe Zweitpistole |
| Replace bullets |  Vorpalpatronen  Chaospatronen  Zufallspatronen  Blutige 9 mm |
Items worth dropping before you start
Some passives can make the mini-game harder. Check your passive items before paying — once you pay, the game starts immediately and you can no longer drop items. Recommended to drop before starting:
- Zweitpistole: reduces the Wettkampfpistole's forward accuracy; if the backward shot resolves all its bounces first, the game ends immediately
- Helixpatronen: causes bullets to deviate from the laser sight path
Orbitalpatronen: prevents bullets from bouncing- Augenklappe: reduces accuracy
- Vorpalpatronen, Chaospatronen: replace bullets with unpredictable behavior
- Blutige 9 mm: may replace bullets and cause deviation
Notes and traps
Bandana des alten Helden and 
Löchriger Gral have no effect on the Wettkampfpistole- Switching to another gun and back reduces the Wettkampfpistole to 1 bullet remaining
Rettungsseil: removes the Wettkampfpistole from your inventory when used, ending the mini-game with no reward- Leaving the room forfeits the Wettkampfpistole and produces no chest
Reference video
For a legitimate perfect-score run without any tricks, here is a player-shared video with solutions for every possible layout:
Unlock reward
Achieve a perfect score (all 4 targets) in Schießstandbetreiber – Winchester's mini-game three times to unlock the Siebenblättriges Kleeblatt. Every encounter is a chance to make progress — join whenever you have enough 
Hülsen.