Got a sx3 and wanting to get barrel ported,forcing come and choke work done. Any rec on who to use?
Rob Roberst all the way hands down. Awesome guy great customer service.
Rob Roberts does a beautiful job.
Looking for whoever does it to get the most range out of the gun. Thinking about just letting rob do the cone and porting then trying the rhino and briley chokes I already have.
Rob is "The Man". Customer service is # 1
If u want a long range killer, just tell him what u want.
Buy a choke from him, not satisfied? Send it back for
Different constriction.
Rob would be my pick.
Rob would be my pick.
I would not cut the cone on this gun
Rob hands down. Does excellent work, super guy to talk with and will swap chokes untill your happy. Also has the quickest turn around rate I have ever seen.
Quote from: Trappey on January 24, 2015, 02:30:47 PM
Got a sx3 and wanting to get barrel ported,forcing come and choke work done. Any rec on who to use?
Rob Roberts. His business has stood the test of time. He does excellent work. All first class.
Thanks,
Clark
Agree with the others. Rob has done work on two of my shotguns. Great customer service and they will not oversell you on unnecessary add-ons.
Quote from: Trappey on January 24, 2015, 02:30:47 PM
Got a sx3 and wanting to get barrel ported,forcing come and choke work done. Any rec on who to use?
How does it shoot now? I'm with Sumtoy on this one, unless it's a terrible shooter now. You can't undo forcing cones or barrel ports and it's kinda of like back surgery , nobody is going to 100% guarantee things will improve.
I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. Going to try my other chokes and shells first but just read how the porting and forcing cone can help. Plus it's got 24" barrel and figured the porting would help tremendously w muzzle jump
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I think you will be disappointed in the difference it makes. I bet with a few chokes and different shells you will get the performance out of her your looking for. Just please don't chop up that gun till you try a few different chokes and shells first.
Rob is awesome!!!! Just call him talk to him and get his advise, he won't sell you something you need or lead you down the wrong path. I'm dropping my barrel off to him at Nashville to get forcing cone work done. He said he'd have it back in a week. Now that's no messing around!
Rob hands down.
I've had work done by both outfits.
Michael Orlen
Wanting to get this gun to drop birds at 55 yds. Rob capable of this?
He's the only one that can answer that. Call 'em up.
Why would you want to shoot a bird at 55 yards?
Quote from: dejake on February 01, 2015, 07:04:59 AM
Why would you want to shoot a bird at 55 yards?
x2 they are a lot funner at 25 spittin and drummin! Enjoy the show.
No doubt more fun at 25 yds but I like knowing I can get it done that far if I have to
Rob Roberts hands down and I live within driving distance of rhino (2 hours). Had a bad experience with rhino customer service and after posting my experience on forums I was informed by them I'm on the "no work list". Very rude and unprofessional. Rob was the exact opposite and very helpful.
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IVE HAD ALOT OF TURKS HOLD UP AT 50yrds COULDN'T MAKE THE SHOT , THATS CHANGING :icon_thumright:
Rob NO DOUBT, he's done three of my guns and all of them shot better when he got finished. Got a new Maxus and 20GA M2 I plan on sending him soon.
Rob Roberts all the way. We sent 5 guns to him over the summer and I was very impressed with the quality of work and customer service. And the claims they make about barrel jump and recoil are not just made up, they are true. I couldn't believe how much difference it made with 3.5" shells. Call him, send it to him, and be glad you did. You will not regret letting Rob make a great gun an even better gun!
I've had both of my 10ga.s worked on by Rob. Great to deal with and does great work.
I thought the Winchester sx3 already had the forcing cone lengthened from the factory?
I spoke with Rob this morning at the NWTF in Nashville. Rob performed work on two of my benelli 20 gauge (cordoba and montefeltro).
Forcing cone
trigger (reduced from 8 lb to 3 lb pull)
upgraded the trigger. This feature I almost passed on, but I absolutely fell in love with the trigger.
slammer button
bolt extension.
Both guns are an absolute dream to shoot, but the Cordoba is truly amazing. I love that gun for shooting dove.
For the turkey gun, I am not sure if the bolt extension and the slammer button are a necessity.
Sidenote. Rob had his Benelli SBE2, 26", with a cerakote receiver and barrel. The stock was camouflaged in Mossy Oak bottomland......it was stunning.
Talked to one of his guys on the phone the other day about this gun and he had just finished w somebody else's just like it. After he told me what all he got that gun to do I'm definitely sending mine to him.
William Lambert is right, you don't want or need to mess with the forcing cone on this gun.
Seeing some replies about not getting any work done to the gun. I'm not trying to be rude when asking this, but have any of you had the work done on your personal guns? I personally have 2 guns at my house right now with the forcing cone lengthened and the barrels ported by Rob Roberts and I can testify to the fact that what he claims in performance increase is true... If I purchase another shotgun in the future, it will be shipped to him immediately to have the same work done. As far as the SX3 is concerned, it is backbored, but I had him lengthen the forcing cone on my SX3 and there is a difference. OP, to sum it up, you won't be disappointed in any work you have Rob do to that gun. When you talk to Rob about the work, tell him what you are wanting out of the gun and he will even set you up the choke and recommend the best shell for the performance....
Rob has always delivered exactly what was promised with my guns I have no doubt if he says it will perform better that it will. There's a reason why you're seeing production guns with lengthened forcing cones. It's not a gimmick.
Depends on the particular gun. I would not touch the forcing cone on a Super X3. I am not taking anything away from Rob Roberts but William Lambert knows what he is talking about as well.
Some guns need the forcing cone lengthened, this one does not. Porting might help, might not. If it were me I would get a quality shell and a quality choke, shoot some patterns and if it was not broke I would not try to fix it. That gun will shoot just like it is with a good choke and shell.
I'm not positive but I think the guy I talked to was named Jonathan and he recommended lengthening the forcing cone and porting. He said that although it's backbored to like .742 or something close to that a lot of people think its already done or doesn't need it but not so. He said w the gun like mine he just finished it was capable of dropping birds at 65 yards if you wanted to. Said that is one of the finest guns to get to do long range killing w and can be made into just that.
I also really liked the fact that he said w that exact gun he had found the longbeards still performed well out of it but not as far as the mag blends or whatever his main shells are. And that if I was going to hunting in hardwoods or know I'd have "closer" shots I could use one shell and have a different shell for say Oklahoma or somewhere I wanted to stretch it out.
Shooting turkeys at 65 yards is not turkey hunting
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I also really liked the fact that he said w that exact gun he had found the longbeards still performed well out of it but not as far as the mag blends or whatever his main shells are. And that if I was going to hunting in hardwoods or know I'd have "closer" shots I could use one shell and have a different shell for say Oklahoma or somewhere I wanted to stretch it out.
Trappey, I am glad Jonathan was able to clear things up for you. I am sure Jonathan knows what he is talking about since he deals with these things all the time. Jonathan DEFINITELY does not sound like the type of guy to sell you anything you don't need or make any false promises or claims that he cannot deliver on. Now, you just need to find out what Jonathans "main shell" is and you will be good to go when you want to "stretch it out" with that "long range killing." I am sure you will have complete confidence in knowing that Jonathan recommended your gun as one of the best for the "long range Killing."
Yeah, I think Jonathan is the shop foreman. I've talked to him on several occasions. As far as the porting goes, they say it doesn't affect your pattern either way, it just reduces recoil and barrel jump. The SX3 is for a sure a shooter!
Quote from: Gumby on February 17, 2015, 10:15:24 PM
Shooting turkeys at 65 yards is not turkey hunting
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Gumby, I agree. I like to kill the up close and personal but if I get stumped by a bird and he won't come any closer than 50 or 55,I like killing and want to know I can end that chess match if I need to.
I hear ya....your still young! One day you will get to the point where you'll pass on that bird that hangs up and concede defeat. Then go back and try him another day.
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