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Author Topic: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9  (Read 6632 times)

Offline Reddog1966

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Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« on: March 01, 2020, 08:46:44 PM »
Hey Guys,
  Well it was finally a beautiful day in Georgia so I got out to do a little pattern testing.  I really like what I saw out of the #9 TSS loads today.  This is what I'll be shooting come opening day in a few weeks.  I also did a penetration test at 40 yards with a piece of .010" Galvanized roof flashing. 100% of the pellets passed through no problem.  I did this test last year and today with Longbeard XR #6 where only 5 or 6 pellets actually passed through(the others just left a dent).

Winchester SX3 20ga Long Beard
Burris Fastfire 3 red dot

Choke-Carlsons Longbeard XR (.568) and Patternmaster Code Black Turkey (.565)

Federal TSS #9


Offline owlhoot

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2020, 09:05:41 PM »
looks good , go get em

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2020, 07:51:22 AM »
My son and I each have a x3-long beard. Our 20 yd patterns look like yours, now our 40's are no doubt considerable better.  I'm shooting a .585 truelock and he a .555 indian creek. Our 40's are 320-350ish with the remaining in the 20" circle. We are shooting hand loaded 1 /58 and 2 oz loads though.  Are the Federal loads just 1 1/2 oz ?
Don't gobble at me...

Offline Reddog1966

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2020, 08:31:57 AM »
Yep, The Federals are 1 1/2 OZ.

Offline CALLM2U

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2020, 08:53:05 AM »
That Longbeard choke is throwing a pretty pattern.  The Code Black is way too tight for the areas I hunt-but it may work well for you. 

Either way, looks like you're good to go!  Best of luck this season!

Offline Buckrub

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2020, 08:54:30 AM »
 My WIN. SX3 Long Beard w/ an IC .555  just flat out smashes the turkey's head with TSS #9.  You can barely see the outline of the head !!!

Offline RiverRoost

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2020, 07:13:16 PM »
Very nice. Did you get a pellet count on the 40?

Offline Reddog1966

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2020, 07:39:38 PM »
No I didn’t count pellets.

Offline squid

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2020, 03:23:56 PM »
I bought the SX3 last year and have been working on my setup.   I'm hand loading 1 5/8oz Tss #9s and getting the best results with a Carlson TSS .565 choke.   Attached is my 50 yard pattern from last night, Numbers of 192/172

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2020, 03:40:06 PM »
50 yard pattern on left, 40 yard on the right.   I'm very happy with the results and not going to change anything with the setup at this point.


Offline Reddog1966

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #10 on: March 07, 2020, 07:42:09 AM »
I wouldn’t change it either. Those are good looking patterns at 40 and 50. Good luck this season.

Offline squid

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #11 on: March 27, 2020, 04:01:57 PM »
First bird with sx3 using hand rolled TSS #9s   Paper patterns backed up by the real deal. 

Offline Reddog1966

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #12 on: March 27, 2020, 04:45:27 PM »
Squid, that’s a Beautiful bird. Congrats!

Offline squid

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #13 on: March 27, 2020, 09:39:42 PM »
Thanks, probably one of the best looking rio's I've ever killed.

Offline Ohiohunter88

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Re: Winchester SX3 Long Beard 20 Gauge TSS #9
« Reply #14 on: May 09, 2020, 11:02:04 AM »
fullfan ; how did the sx3 handle the 2 oz loads    I shoot them threw my 870  20ga   but I wanting to try them in my sx3 20ga  thanks