RealGuns.com calls the Winchester Super X4 “A lesson in firearm aesthetics and performance.”
RealGuns.com calls the Winchester Super X4 “A lesson in firearm aesthetics and performance.”
The good looking Super X4 from Winchester Repeating Arms is Built 4 Speed.
“…One of the best looking and best performing autoloading shotguns in its class.”
“…One of the best looking and best performing autoloading shotguns in its class.”
The online editors at RealGuns.com are well known for “telling it like it is” when it comes to the guns they review. The have expressed great respect for the Super X3 autoloader from Winchester Repeating Arms and they just put the new Super X4 under their microscope. They really liked this next step in the evolution of the ever-popular Super X series.
“The Winchester Super X3 Field model is one of the best looking and best performing autoloading shotguns in its class,” opined the RG online editor. “Its satin oil finish walnut stock and matte metal pieces give it a tasteful...no, make that elegant look. The suggestion that a synthetic stocked gun could be as aesthetically pleasing might be met with some skepticism, but I believe Winchester has done just that with the matte black on matte black Super X3 Shadow, and now (with) the Super X4 synthetic.”
The larger operating controls found on the Super X4 are perfect for all-weather use. RealGuns.com photo.
“The Super X4 has larger controls; safety, bolt handle and bolt release which makes for confident control even with gloved hands.”
“The Super X4 has larger controls; safety, bolt handle and bolt release which makes for confident control even with gloved hands.”
“The Super X4 is a combination of retained leading Super X3 performance features and some notable refinements,” the RG reviewer continued. “The Super X4 has larger controls; safety, bolt handle and bolt release which makes for confident control even with gloved hands. Additionally, the safety is reversible…Overall, the gripping surfaces are well contoured and patterned to provide good control, wet or dry, hot or cold…(For) ease of maintenance, pushing out two trigger group pins permits easy removal and servicing of the trigger group.”
RealGuns.com testers ran all these loads from three different ammo makers through the Super X4 with 100% reliability. RealGuns.com photo.
“The SX4 function was 100%, with no incidences of failure to cycle or feed.”
“The SX4 function was 100%, with no incidences of failure to cycle or feed.”
“The heart of the Winchester Super X4 is the very fast Active Valve Gas System that works reliably with everything from light 1 1/8 Oz, 2 3/4" target loads to heavy 2 1/4 Oz, 3 1/2" turkey loads,” noted the tester. “Of the five types of ammunition utilized, the SX4 function was 100%, with no incidences of failure to cycle or feed.”
“The SX4 has good balance making it easy to track targets and hit as a routine… Nice shotgun.”
“The SX4 has good balance making it easy to track targets and hit as a routine… Nice shotgun.”
“Working with the Winchester Super X4 was a little vacation for me,” concluded the RG tester. “The SX4 has good balance making it easy to track targets and hit as a routine…Fit and finish is exceptional and the materials employed are durable. I suspect all (are) attributes that will keep the Winchester Super X4 looking as good for many years. Nice shotgun.”
The Super X4 from Winchester Repeating Arms is ready and waiting for your next bird hunt. Winchester Repeating Arms photo.
The new Super X4 from Winchester Repeating Arms is Built 4 Speed. It’s one slick, reliable and sweet shooting smoothbore. Check out the Super X4 today at your local Winchester retailer. You can read the entire article online here at RealGuns.com http://www.realguns.com/articles/910.htm
Original online article is copyright RealGuns.com, 2017. Photos are copyright RealGuns.com or Winchester Repeating Arms and/or used with permission or attribution, or are in the public domain. Review written by Winchester staff writer Scott Engen. Copyright Winchester Repeating Arms, 2017.