Winchesterã‚â® Sxp Camp and Field Pump-action Shotgun Combo Reviews
Shotgun Review: Winchester SXP Field
Reliability is the name of the game for this cost-effective, pump-activity waterfowl slayer.
Continuing the legacy of the popular Super X Pump lineup, the field model Winchester SXP is a dependable pump shotgun at a budget-friendly price point. (Photograph By: Jeff Johnston)
Dec 05, 2021
I covet meridian-terminate guns and gear as much every bit anyone, but the fact is, a $ii,000 semi-auto tin can't drop ducks any deader than a $500 pump in skilled hands. Indeed, I love it when an ole' boy--or even a child--shows up with a battered Mossy 500 and outshoots everyone. Just there'due south one do-all, affordable slide-action that likely doesn't get the attention it deserves. That's Winchester's Super Ten Pump.
The SXP is the offspring of 1 of the near iconic guns of any genre, Winchester's Model 12. With its internal hammer and English-styled fit that made this slide-action repeater suited to instinctive wingshooting, for 50 years the "Perfect Repeater" was the pump gun of choice for hunters until Remington began eating its tiffin with its much less expensive 870.
Realizing it couldn't compete confronting new-historic period guns manufactured with more stamping and less hand-finishing, Winchester retooled its factory and produced the Model 1200 in 1964. Although the gun featured mechanical improvements over the 12, it was predictably not as polished and never won over the legions of Model 12 fans. In 1978 it was upgraded to the Model 1300 Speed Pump, named for its self-initiated cycling that made it faster than other pumps.
In '89 Winchester was bought by the FN Herstal company, simply past the early 2000s labor costs became so untenable at the matrimony-operated New Haven, CT, facility that in 2006 manufacturing was moved.
In 2009 Winchester launched a new-and-improved version of the 1300 called the Super Ten Pump. Since, it's been offered in over twoscore models. Its simplest version—and as well 1 of its least expensive—is a versatile, walnut-stocked model called the SXP Field. It is quickly filling the void left by the 870.
The Details
The SXP Field is a pump-action shotgun with a 7075 aluminum receiver, three-inch chamber and a four- or 5-round magazine depending on its 12- or 20-guess chambering, respectively. Its 26- or 28-inch barrel is back-bored and threaded for Invector Plus choke tubes. Its wooden furniture features effective 18 LPI checkering and an industry-best Inflex recoil pad that's both cushy enough to mitigate recoil yet not and then mushy that information technology snags during the mount. This SXP's stock dimensions are closer to that of the Model 12 than many newer shotguns on the market place. As such, it shoulders and points intuitively.
"Basically, we didn't just go buy a Turkish-made shotgun and call information technology our own," said Winchester product manager Glenn Hatt. "We redesigned the SXP to our exact specifications and oversaw every step of its production," he said. "We kept the features that made the 1300 great—like the 'potato-peeler' ejector, but we improved it where nosotros saw service issues over time," continued Hatt. "For case, the 1300 used to have a nut that held that fore-finish group together just at present it's all one solid slice. We hard-chromed the sleeping accommodation and bore and updated the styling, of form."
The characteristic that differentiates the SXP from most other pumps is its inertia bolt that provides the initial rearward movement of the slide. If the gun is fired ane-handed without belongings the forend it volition oftentimes eject the fired shell by itself. The action hastens the pumping process past assuasive the shooter the fastest offset time possible--comparable to pushing a sprinter from the starting blocks exactly when the starting gun fires rather than making him conceptualize it. The automated facilitation of the pumping activeness also reminds shooters who may not exist accepted to pump guns to work the action when the forend slightly tugs the mitt. Information technology's remarkable.
Other notable upgrades include an anodized-like end on the magazine tube that keeps it slick, and therefore the action slick, even every bit the gun gets dirty. It's familiar crossbolt safety located on the forward border of the trigger guard is now reversible for lefties.
While the SXP's trigger is now easily removable, it is made of polymer. Although good plastics are often more durable than thin metals, actual metal would sure requite the gun a higher quality feel. This, and perhaps its lack of a mid-bead and sling studs, are my only complaints.
Field Test
Field testing the SXP was delightful because being a long-time fan of semi-autos I'd nigh forgotten how fun a good pump-action is to shoot. I hitting the kickoff 20 clay pigeons thrown and I never even forgot to pump the gun, thanks to the pump's beckoning pull. Paper testing demonstrated rich patterns true to asphyxiate; Recoil was on par with other sub-7 lb. pumps—which is to say it was stout with magnum shells—although the recoil pad and stock fit helped every bit much as physics would permit. In firing over 300 rounds, I didn't feel a single jam. It performed too as any $400 gun I've ever tested.
Don't overlook Winchester'south "modern Model 12" only because its barrel is stamped "Turkey." It'll practice everything a hunter asks of it, from downing ducks and geese, shooting pheasants, taking turkeys and even as a defensive security blanket nether your bed. At a existent-world price effectually $400, the SXP might just be the best deal going, anywhere, any genre.
Winchester SXP Field Specifications
- Type: pump-activity shotgun
- Gauge/Chamber: 12/ iii"; twenty/ 3"
- Magazine Capacity: (ii ¾"): 4 + 1 (2 ga.); 5 + i (20 ga.)
- Sights: brass bead
- Stock: Class 1 Walnut, 13 iii/4 LOP
- Weight: 6 lbs, 12 oz. (12 ga.); half dozen lbs, ten oz. (twenty ga.)
- Barrel Length: 26"; 28"
- Finish: matte/li>
- Chokes: IC, M, F
- Accessories: iii choke-tubes, case, wrench
- Suggested Retail Price: $409
Source: https://www.wildfowlmag.com/editorial/shotgun-review-winchester-sxp-field/454652
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