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The Super-X has been a favorite of mine for a long time. I shot a monte carlo-stocked trap grade version for years. It's a soft shooter, and it absolutely ink-ball targets with that "special" full choke of theirs.

My most recent one is a 30" field grade (vent rib) version. I had Briley install screw-in chokes, and it's pretty effective at smacking 5-stand targets.

Great shooting shotguns!

Your Super-X is in great shape, Troutnut!

Exactly right... And have a spare or two on hand just in case...

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and model 50's....

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Great guns! I shot many rounds of skeet and trap with them and they flat out smash clays.

Nice shotguns. GLWS

Multiple World Championships make for an impressive resume....Would be interested in some history.

Bought this one new in September 1976 (made in 1974) from my local hardware store, plain modified barrel, took it back to APG MD with me and killed deer and pheasant hunting through the post rod & gun club. I replaced the bolt buffer about 12 years ago when it got brittle and broke to pieces - ordered the new one from Stu Wright.

Nice shotgun!

Since we are showing them....I was hoping they would hang around longer. So bought up my own parts supply.

Never shot the top trap, the second one down paid for itself a couple times. Have $300 in the third one down. The rest were pickups found here and there.

Very nice. Spare parts are never a bad idea. I have several complete 870 , 1100 and model 12 receivers

Battue, nice looking Super X - 1's. Question, looks like the forend has a smaller diameter near the receiver on the top and bottom vs the middle shotgun? Was wondering if that was a change they made based on later vs earlier production?

The reason for my question is I find the forend quite fat on my early production field gun (probably second year) that came with a mod choke, ribbed barrel attached with a screw, no scroll engraving....similar to your bottom gun. I'd prefer a more slender Beretta 391/400 diameter forend, but that is likely due to having shot Berettas more.

Trap forends were wider and had the different checkering...as on the top and number 3. Fields are like the second and bottom example and the one Odessa posted. Although for some reason you do find field guns with the competition forend. Trap models also had the receiver engraving.

The third one down in my pic is a complete part mixed gun..Field receiver, trap forend and hacked field stock. Which is why i bought it cheap. However, the receiver and the rest of the mechanicals are like new.

The second one down is a DU Atlantic flyway edition, which I shot sporting clays with for a few years.

Error in the above...I placed the field stock on the third one down onto the Atlantic Flyway I used for sporting because it felt better. The Atlantic Flyway originally had the trap style stock. The third gun down originally came with a field stock and the butchered back stock.

Battue, thanks for the SX-1 education! I find the field stock has a touch too much drop for me for sporting clays. Wonder if the skeet version was straighter...but not "trap straight"?

Sorry for jumping in a bit late here - the skeet version does indeed have a straighter stock than the field models, wears the same large foreend of the trap models.

Another big point is that all that I had, five total, had really nice triggers, better than any I’ve see on any autos, all series of SX-1 triggers. I also like the feel of the gun when firing, no noticeable “clang clang” just bang.

It is also quite true that they are too heavy for my liking as bird guns, weighing over 8#.

The Target versions had wider forends and the trap stocks of course had raised combs but surprising most - including me as I earned my first registered targets, 25-50-75 straights (never managed a 100-straight) with it, was the skeet model. Supposedly the straighter stock forced the shooter to conciously keep his down when mounting the stock, thus helping prevent what we called "peaking" (lifting your eyes above the line of sight). Don't know about others but helped this old country boy out. I still have this gun but unfortunately sold my 28-in field model which I later had converted to 3-in. Killed my share of ducks with that one and sorely wish I still had it.

The straight stock gave one the same sight relationship no matter where they placed their head.

It had nothing to do with lifting your head or “peaking”. Which is a desire to see results before completing the shot.

Little different than looking up before the club makes contact with the golf ball.

Scheels in Sioux Falls had a couple on the rack last two times I was in there. Both field models, one was a PB, the other VR. I thought they were a bit out of line on the pricing, given how long they've been there, seems that others agree. I thought about haggling on the VR but decided I'd want a skeet model if I was to acquire one.