This year was the first year since 1979 that the SHOT Show was canceled due to the global pandemic. For Winchester Repeating Arms, the SHOT Show is also where it announces exclusive SHOT Show Special guns. Undaunted with the SHOT Show’s cancellation, Winchester offered a variety of SHOT Show specials featuring impressive Realtree camo options via its Virtual SHOT Show this year. The SHOT Show Specials were featured on winchesterguns.com and through social media outlets such as Instagram and Facebook.

 

We are fortunate to continue to partner with Realtree. Not only are they at the forefront in concealment, Realtree is an industry leader in conservation efforts, promoting hunting and the outdoor lifestyle and educating hunters.

-- Glenn Hatt, Winchester product manager

 

Hatt said Winchester has benefitted from a long and successful relationship with Realtree.

 

 “From MAX-1 to Timber, Realtree camouflage patterns are consistently featured our best-selling models,” Hatt said. “Winchester offers the high-performance, reliable products that consumers desire, and Realtree camo patterns complement them with the cosmetics and concealment that work and function as well as the firearms they decorate.  Currently, we offer Realtree camouflage patterns on our Super X® Pump and Super X®4 product lines and leading those offerings are the extremely popular Realtree MAX-5 and Timber patterns.” 

  

Winchester History

 

In 1857, Oliver Fisher Winchester purchased a controlling interest in the Volcanic Repeating Arms Company. On May 22, 1866, the Winchester Repeating Arms Company was born. For the next 14 years Winchester pursued new markets, created new products and explored new opportunities for his lever-action rifles, the Model 1866 “Yellow Boy,” and the “Gun that Won the West,” the Model 1873. Oliver F. Winchester died December 11, 1880 in New Haven, Connecticut. In 1883, company Vice-President Thomas Bennet took a train to Ogden, Utah to meet a man who was building an in­novative single-shot rifle. That man was John Moses Brown­ing and that rifle was his first patented design. Bennet secured the rights to Browning’s patent and two years later Winchester unveiled the Winchester Model 1885. Thus, began the career of the man that would become known as the most famous gun designer in history and the beginning of a successful partnership as Browning developed a number of rifles and shotguns sold under the Winchester name.

Winchester in the 20th century saw the development of the timeless Model 12 pump shotgun, massive growth due to wartime small arms production and also financial ruin which led to bankruptcy and being purchased by Western Cartridge Company in 1931. The new investors provided the capitol necessary to produce innovations such as the revered Model 70 bolt-action rifle and Model 52 rimfires and Model 21 double-barrel shotgun. In 1980, Winchester was again sold with firearms being produced by the US Repeating Arms Company. When US Repeating Arms Company declared bankruptcy in 1989, it was purchased by the Belgian Herstal Group, owners of the famed Fabrique Nationale and Browning brands. The acquisition has led to a renaissance of the Winchester Repeating Arms brand and rediscovery of success, with new models like the bolt-action XPR rifles, Super X®4 autoloading shotguns and Wildcat® rimfire rifles consistently introduced.

 

2021 Realtree Camo SHOT Show Specials

 

SX4 Waterfowl Hunter in Realtree Timber  -- The Super X4 follows on the heels of the most successful Winchester autoloader ever -- the Super X3 Black Shadow. The SX4 boasts critical functional controls that are larger and easier to operate -- a real benefit in damp weather and cold conditions. This SX4 model features a composite stock, chrome-plated barrel, aluminum alloy receiver, gas-operated Active Valve system, inflex recoil pad, LOP spacers, large cocking handle and reversible safety. The Realtree Timber camo shotgun is built on the bulletproof Active Valve system plus a solid operating mechanism and improved balance controls, and internal operating components.

SX4 Hybrid Hunter – Realtree MAX-5 - The composite grip and textured grip panels provide sure handling, while the oversized trigger guard allows for shooting with gloves. The F, M and IC invector-plus chokes deliver improved balance and controls, and the Realtree Max-5 camouflage helps keep the hunter hidden in the field. The SX4 Hybrid Hunter features a Cerakote FDE finish on the receiver and barrel, Invector-Plus choke tubes, TRUGLO fiber-optic sight, larger cocking handle and larger bolt release.

SX4 Hybrid Hunter - Realtree Timber - The SX4 is built on the bulletproof Active Valve system that was the core foundation of the SX3. The SX4 boasts that same solid operating mechanism, but with improved balance, controls and internal operating components. The SX4 Hybrid Hunter in Realtree Timber camo features a Cerakote FDE finish, Composite stock, chrome-plated barrel, aluminum alloy receiver, gas-operated Active Valve system, inflex recoil pad, LOP spacers, large cocking handle and reversible safety.

SXP Waterfowl Hunter Realtree Max-5  -- This fast and reliable pump is now decked out in Realtree MAX-5 camo. Utilizing a rotary bolt with an inertia-assisted action, the SXP Waterfowl Hunter in Realtree MAX-5 provides super-fast follow-up shots on missed birds or when shooting multiple targets. Four massive lugs on the bolt provide incredible strength with a solid lockup. The dual-steel slide bars eliminate twisting and binding when cycling the action. The SXP pump shotgun fires all factory 2 3/4-, 3-, and 3 ½-inch length shotgun shells, with steel, tungsten, bismuth or lead loads. The durable synthetic stock features texturing on the forend and pistol grip for a non-slip grip. The Inflex Technology™ recoil pad helps direct and channel recoil impulse, moving the comb down and away from your cheek. A Truglo® fiber-optic front sight is quick to pick up in any light; and, the receiver is drilled and tapped for attaching a scope base or rail. The bore is hard chrome plated and back-bored for improved patterns, and uses the interchangeable Invector-Plus™ choke tube system. Includes three chokes: F, M, IC

SXP Waterfowl Hunter, Realtree Timber – Now boasting Realtree Timber™ camo finish, this fast, reliable and accurate pump resists the elements with a hard chrome change and bore as well as matte black chrome on the bolt. Utilizing a rotary bolt with an inertia-assisted action, the SXP Waterfowl Hunter in Realtree Timber provides super-fast follow-up shots on missed birds or when shooting multiple targets. Four massive lugs on the bolt provide incredible strength with a solid lockup. The dual-steel slide bars eliminate twisting and binding when cycling the action. The SXP pump shotgun fires all factory 2 3/4-, 3-, and 3 ½-inch length shotgun shells, with steel, tungsten, bismuth or lead loads. The durable synthetic stock features texturing on the forend and pistol grip for a non-slip grip. The Inflex Technology™ recoil pad helps direct and channel recoil impulse, moving the comb down and away from your cheek. A Truglo® fiber-optic front sight is quick to pick up in any light, and, the receiver is drilled and tapped for attaching a scope base or rail. The bore is hard chrome plated and back-bored for improved patterns, and uses the interchangeable Invector-Plus™ choke tube system. Includes three chokes: F, M, IC