I am on my 2nd SX 3. Sold the first one and bought a Versa Max after shoulder surgery (softest autoloader recoil out there in my opinion) Went back to SX3 last year. As for not needing 3.5 shells,try hunting in a rice field blind late season and every bird skirts you at 50/60 yards because every time they fly close to one someone shoots at them(same for calling) One blind we hunt we usually put closest decoy at about 40 yrds. Probably gonna buy a SX 4 for next season. I shoot about 2 cases of 3.5's a year and this gun will hold up and not knock the snot out of you but it will the ducks. BTw it will be for sale after Jan28th
Have you patterned the 2-3/4, 3, and 3-1/2 shells? The 3-1/2s always have more pellets but rarely do they pattern as good as the 2-3/4 and 3” shells. Just curious on this.