I'm wanting to get a new shotgun for next year. For those of you that use either of these guns gimme your pros and cons. I like the x3 but don't like that cantilever on there! Does it get in the way if your an open sight shooter? Just lay it out there! I don't want any opinions just facts, if you've had one or use for turkey's I want your input! Thanks
I had a sx3 for a couple of years and never had a single problem. I used a b-square mount and a red dot so I can't help ya there. Great gun all around.
Hope my :z-twocents: helped. Good luck
Winchester SX3 makes a SX3 Universal Hunter, it is a camo gun that is drilled and tapped, it has a vent rib and tru glow fiber optic front sight.
http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/detail.asp?family=017C&mid=511148
I have the SX3 NWTF and I love it.
Quote from: bigbird on April 03, 2014, 10:21:18 PM
I'm wanting to get a new shotgun for next year. For those of you that use either of these guns gimme your pros and cons. I like the x3 but don't like that cantilever on there! Does it get in the way if your an open sight shooter? Just lay it out there! I don't want any opinions just facts, if you've had one or use for turkey's I want your input! Thanks
The SX3 is a great gun. I got one early on and have put hundreds of rounds through it. It's very reliable and the I+ barrel is very well made and helps to produce excellent patterns.
I don't care for cantilevered barrels. With the standard gun you have lots of options and that's the one I'd choose.
Thanks,
Clark
I would look at the SX3 coyote model. It has 24" barrel and no cantilever barrel. I would get the 20 and some fed heavyweights, be a sweet turk gun. I have the universal hunter SX3 in 20 gauge and love it.
:drool: very good call kwild! I didn't see that before. That would be a sweet gun.
What do you want to use this gun for, I looked at the info on the coyote model. It is not a back bored barrel from what I can see, You might call winchester and see what size choke is installed in it, just guessing I would think it would be for coyote. Go to link in my post above and go to products, SX3, Coyote.
I have a sx3 universal hunter 26" barrel
I have a Burris fflll on top and love it.
Quote from: d.winsor on April 04, 2014, 12:16:50 PM
What do you want to use this gun for, I looked at the info on the coyote model. It is not a back bored barrel from what I can see, You might call winchester and see what size choke is installed in it, just guessing I would think it would be for coyote. Go to link in my post above and go to products, SX3, Coyote.
It says on website description it is backbored and uses invector plus chokes.
They're coming out with a new bottom land camo gun that is my next gun in 20 gauge. Chief
Quote from: kwild835 on April 04, 2014, 02:12:58 PM
Quote from: d.winsor on April 04, 2014, 12:16:50 PM
What do you want to use this gun for, I looked at the info on the coyote model. It is not a back bored barrel from what I can see, You might call winchester and see what size choke is installed in it, just guessing I would think it would be for coyote. Go to link in my post above and go to products, SX3, Coyote.
It says on website description it is backbored and uses invector plus chokes.
I looked up on winchesterguns.com on SX3, products, coyote, and it didn't say it was backbored, what link did you use. Here it is
http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/detail.asp?family=017C&mid=511162
Quote from: d.winsor on April 04, 2014, 04:30:54 PM
Quote from: kwild835 on April 04, 2014, 02:12:58 PM
Quote from: d.winsor on April 04, 2014, 12:16:50 PM
What do you want to use this gun for, I looked at the info on the coyote model. It is not a back bored barrel from what I can see, You might call winchester and see what size choke is installed in it, just guessing I would think it would be for coyote. Go to link in my post above and go to products, SX3, Coyote.
It says on website description it is backbored and uses invector plus chokes.
I looked up on winchesterguns.com on SX3, products, coyote, and it didn't say it was backbored, what link did you use. Here it is
http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/detail.asp?family=017C&mid=511162
http://www.winchesterguns.com/products/catalog/detail.asp?family=017C&mid=511162
No where on that link does it say it is backbored, if it were my money and I were buying it and wanted a backbored barrel I would verify it with winchester first.
It's on the side under "active valve" and "SX3", it says "BACKBORED" in red. Don't see why Winchester would put out a SX3 with a totally different barrel from other SX3's?
That is really obscured, like it is almost hidden. All the other SX3 models have it right up front you don't have to hunt for it, I still think if it were my money I would have to call winchester and ask them, of course that is just me. Once you buy it you own it backbored or not. Some things don't shoot well out of a backbored barrel. The coyote almost looks like a slug gun to me.
Have an X2 NWTF Turkey gun and the X3 would be my next gun...don't think there is a better one out there for the money at this point. I shoot a Benelli that I've had for years at Ducks and Geese but if I was buying a gun now it would be the X3. Definitely opt for the flat rib not cantilever...but be careful about the factory installed sights. The ones that came on my X2 had a tall rear sight that forced me to shoot high all the time. I tried shimming up the front sight to match it but never perfected it, finally just ripped the factory sights off and installed a TruGlo Universal Tru Bead front and rear sight and now I'm in business. GOOD LUCK... :character0029: :anim_25:
I would wait for the new Winchester SX3 Longbeard that is coming out. Looks like the coyote gun in Realtree X-Tra Green with a Briley choke tube and pistol grip. I saw one at the Winchester booth at the NWTF in Nashville. Very nice!
Winchester Repeating Arms
New in Winchester Repeating Arms's SX3 semi-auto shotgun line for 2014 is the SX3 12-gauge 3.5-inch Long Beard. Unique features found on this turkey gun include a Briley X-Full Long Beard Invector Plus extended choke tube designed for Winchester Long Beard ammunition, pistol-grip stock with three interchangeable recoil pads to adjust length of pull, and three interchangeable comb pieces to adjust drop on the comb. Other features include a TruGlo fiber-optic front sight with an adjustable folding rear sight and Weaver-style cantilever scope-mount-rail design on the barrel. With a 24-inch barrel, it's offered in Realtree Xtra Green camo. SRP: $1,269
http://blog.cheaperthandirt.com/shot-show-2014-special-edition-day-4-shotguns/
Wish they would do away with that cantilever barrel. Looks sweet though!
I was very satisfied with my SX3 for the first 10,000 rounds. Things went downhill quickly after that. I ended up sending it back two times and the last time I had major problems with it I just bought the parts and repaired it myself instead of waiting 12 to 16 weeks to get my gun fixed. I had problems with the bolt and magazine twice and I've had problems with the breach and trigger group. The dura touch is anything but durable. It looks and feels good when new but after a year in a duck blind it's quite embarrassing.
All I can say for Remington is they are heavier than most. I only own two Remington shotguns and they are pumps so.....
Here are a few pictures of my SX3. This is from wear and tear not abuse. There is a reason why Benelli and Beretta can charge $600 more for a gun and they still sell the heck out of them. I haven't shot this gun in over two years now. It's been one of my biggest disappointments in firearms in a long time.
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I did have a Browning Silver Stalker that I was also very unhappy with the DuraTouch, it flaked and peeled almost immediately. I think a straight up dipped camo is the way to go...durable, and protects the metal to a point