Winchester SXP Black Shadow 12 Gauge 3in Chamber 28in Barrel 4+1

OK, we’re gonna start out addressing the first question: Made in Turkey? Yep. So? Where was over 50% of your car made? Your favorite shoes? Just about anything you are wearing? It is imported. If that makes this gun a non-starter for you, I respect your choice. No need for you to read further. For everyone else, please read on.

I have had this shotgun less than a month. Purchased on sale/with rebate as a starter gun for sporting clays. All in around $250 so it seemed like a no brainer at the price point. In addition purchased a second for my son to get him doing clays as well. So I have two guns to speak about serial #s 2 apart.

So far, over 750 rounds through it (all target rounds). In addition, my son has about 500 through his.

Zero quality issues out of the box. Guns patterned great with Improved cylinder chokes. Not a single feed/fire failure so far (it’s a pump, so there shouldn’t be any).

The action to chamber a round is sweet, easy and smooth as butter. Cylcling this gun, then cycling my Mossberg 500 makes the Mossberg feel, well, STIFF AND CLUNKY.

There are purists who might say that the composite furniture on this gun shows it as a lower tier product. My response is the composite serves me well. This is a tool, and to me, the beauty is in the function.

Every time a clay bird explodes I smile. Every time my sone comes away from the firing line grinning I smile. Every time we part ways after a round of clays and he says he had a great time, I smile.

Do I think I got my money’s worth on this gun? Absolutely!!!