Winchester SX4

[gunluvr]

Can anyone familiar with a Winchester SX4 12 ga. tell me if these will reliably cycle target loads? I have several boxes of Federal 7 1/2 shot 3 Dram 1 1/8 oz. target loads.

[elkhunter11]

The 3" SX3/4 will reliably cycle all 2-3/4 dram 1 ounce loads that I have tried.The 3-1/2" SX-3/4 usually have 1-3 issues out of 100 rounds of the 2-3/4 dram 1 ounce loads, but are totally reliable with any 3 dram 1-1/8 ounce load that I have tried.

[shannankl]

Mine has cycled everything i have put through it, lots of target loads.

[gunluvr]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

The 3" SX3/4 will reliably cycle all 2-3/4 dram 1 ounce loads that I have tried.The 3-1/2" SX-3/4 usually have 1-3 issues out of 100 rounds of the 2-3/4 dram 1 ounce loads, but are totally reliable with any 3 dram 1-1/8 ounce load that I have tried.

Thanks. That's exactly what I hoped to hear.

[waldedw]

Great info, all my shotguns are trap combo's or sporting o/u and not really waterfowl guns. I am in the market for a waterfowl gun and the SX4 was one that I had on the list as well as the browning maxus and Benelli vinci, I've got a while now to make up my mind as we are done waterfowl for the year, I shot a buddies benelli for a couple weeks this fall as well as test drove a browning A5. I'll never shoot a 3 1/2" shell so no need for that long an action, mostly shoot over decoy's and shoot 2 3/4" or 3" steel either of which will hammer ducks and geese.

[elkhunter11]

Originally Posted by waldedw

Great info, all my shotguns are trap combo's or sporting o/u and not really waterfowl guns. I am in the market for a waterfowl gun and the SX4 was one that I had on the list as well as the browning maxus and Benelli vinci, I've got a while now to make up my mind as we are done waterfowl for the year, I shot a buddies benelli for a couple weeks this fall as well as test drove a browning A5. I'll never shoot a 3 1/2" shell so no need for that long an action, mostly shoot over decoy's and shoot 2 3/4" or 3" steel either of which will hammer ducks and geese.

A few of our skeet shooters have SX-3s and a couple of SX-4s, and two friends and myself have the Maxus. The SX-4 is just a cheapened SX-3, with a synthetic trigger group, and no adjustment shims. The newer Maxus also has a synthetic trigger group. I used the SX-4 as my waterfowl gun, and rainy day skeet gun, for 7-8 years, and it was trouble free. I have had it in heavy rain where water ran out of the receiver when I got home, in heavy wet snow, and in freezing rain, and it kept functioning. I still have one, but while helping a friend find a shotgun, I came across a deal on a Maxus, that I couldn't pass up, so my go to waterfowl gun is now a Maxus , with an SX-3 as a backup.

[waldedw]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

A few of our skeet shooters have SX-3s and a couple of SX-4s, and two friends and myself have the Maxus. The SX-4 is just a cheapened SX-3, with a synthetic trigger group, and no adjustment shims. The newer Maxus also has a synthetic trigger group. I used the SX-4 as my waterfowl gun, and rainy day skeet gun, for 7-8 years, and it was trouble free. I have had it in heavy rain where water ran out of the receiver when I got home, in heavy wet snow, and in freezing rain, and it kept functioning. I still have one, but while helping a friend find a shotgun, I came across a deal on a Maxus, that I couldn't pass up, so my go to waterfowl gun is now a Maxus , with an SX-3 as a backup.

Great info, thanks Elk