The Browning Silver and Winchester SX3 are basically different on the outside only. When I bought my Silver Hunter, we had it apart on the counter, comparing the take-down to the SX3, Extrema II, and Super Black Eagle II. The internal bits on the Browning and Winchester are the same (but Browning doesn't market the Silver the same way Winchester does the SX3). I'm very happy with my Browning, in fact I broke it in with light target loads and it never once hiccuped. Changing the size or type of load makes no difference. Boom, boom.