So tell me about the Winchester SX4
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Rogue Trooper
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The Browning Silver has the exact same internals for the gas operated action, but a very different fit ergonomically compared to the Winchester SX-x, which is might suit you or not. The Browning action is soft shooting and super reliable, so I imagine the Winchester will be too. No experience with light loads though.
I have used both the SX-3, and SX-4 with 1 ounce target loads with no issue. There is no adjustment in the stock, the gas system is capable of handling both target loads and heavy 3" loads. The 3-1/2" guns also do fairly well with 1 ounce target loads, but I occasionally get a fail to cycle out of every 100 rounds or so, with the 3-1/2" gun.
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Browning Silver (3" chamber, same gas operated action as the SX-3/4) has cycled well with many Federal Upland Steel with no issue. I just checked the specs, this is not a "light trap" load, but it's 2.75" with 1 1/8 oz shot, so not heavy either. Flawless cycling, and really comfortable to shoot as well. There's no way to adjust this action for light/heavy loads, but just looking at some images on the web now I see that some of these guns have pistons with just four gas holes around the tube, while others (like mine) have two full rings of holes. If I understand it right this double-ring-of-holes arrangement is designed precisely to allow the gun to cycle well with both light and heavy loads.
If you do end up owning a Winchester SX-4, you'll no doubt be intimately aware of this part of your gun as it does get scorched black with carbon and needs frequent cleaning!
If you do end up owning a Winchester SX-4, you'll no doubt be intimately aware of this part of your gun as it does get scorched black with carbon and needs frequent cleaning!
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My sx3 has never jammed. My wife's sx4 occasionally did in the cold only the first 200 shots. Nothing since or in warmer Temps.
I take every new semi auto apart, clean all of the old oil or grease off of the mechanism, and put a touch of symthetic oil on all bolt surfaces where there is metal to metal contact, and then manually cycle the bolt a few dozen times. This pretty much eliminates any of the new gun issues that some people notice. Other people just install the barrel and shoot, and they sometimes experience some issues for the first 50-100 rounds.
prairie lover
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I do that as well. 12 ga shells just loose alot of velocity in the cold. I also tried a wipe down with a different clp oil that ive found keeps 12 gauges running well goose hunting. No more jams after switching oils but it had a number of rounds through it by then. But it only jammed with light loads in the cold. Never hunting loads. Ejection distance with these lighter loads, and it was a few brands, was lackluster during this period.
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Can't speak to the SX4 but the internals and gas system are identical to the Browning Silver and Winchester SX3 and I've owned both of them and they cycled every target load I have ever run through them without flaw. The Maxus seems to be the exact same gas system as well and my Maxus SC cycles them all including the Rio Evo 24 gram (7/8oz) training target loads flawlessly.
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The SX-3 and SX-4 use the same gas system as the Silver, the Maxus uses a different piston and spring.
