TURKEY 24
I’VE TURKEY
HUNTED FOR MORE THAN
FOUR DECADES AND THOUGHT I’D SEEN IT ALL. THEN I SAW MY PATTERNS WITH LONG BEARD XR. I CAN HONESTLY SAY THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST LETHAL TURKEY LOAD EVER ENGINEERED . ”
— Mark Drury Drury Outdoors
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SHOT-LOK Shot-Lok is a resin poured over the lead pellets and allowed to harden in a way that encapsulates them and protects them from deforming upon ignition of the shot.
n a world where thousands of online consumer reviews are at your fingertips, rarely does a product live up to the marketing hype. A quick look online will tell you that Long Beard XR, the top-shelf turkey- taking shotshell by Winchester, is a rare breed. Introduced in 2014, Winchester Long Beard XR has pushed the limits of lethality farther than ever before. Loaded with its revolutionary Shot-Lok® technology, Long Beard XR offers the tightest patterns ever from a lead turkey load at a fraction of the cost of popular heavier-than-lead loads. Shot-Lok is a hardened resin that encapsulates each individual pellet as a single unit and becomes a buffer that eliminates pellet deformation upon ignition. Since the pellets leave the barrel near perfectly round and aerody- namic, the shotshell’s pattern is tighter and denser than any conventional lead load on the market. The tighter patterns have changed the game for turkey hunters, who for decades have been limited to a lethal shot standard of 40 yards. The tight patterns of Long
Beard XR offer greater knockdown power—with 10 percent greater penetration at 50 yards and twice the number of pellets in a 10-inch circle at 60 yards. The results have been astounding. In three years, Long Beard XR has broken 3 world records at the NWTF World Still Target Championships including an amazing 67 pellets in a 3-inch circle at 40 yards. And the 4.8-, 4.9- and 5-star average consumer ratings on major retailer web- sites tell you that hunters are blown away too. New for 2017, Winchester introduces Long Beard XR in a 20-gauge offering. For those looking for the reduced-recoil of a 20-gauge, Long Beard XR offers lethal patterns at long distance, giving you the confidence that your 20-gauge is not a handicap. And for serious turkey hunters who trek far, a lighter weight 20-gauge shotgun with a lethal load of Long Beard XR will reduce the weight you’re packing when chasing backcountry birds. Winchester is expanding the award-winning Shot-Lok for use by other hunters as well, more specifically new loads for both upland and predator hunters.
20-GAUGE OFFERING Now available in a 20-gauge offering, Long Beard XR promises to make the smaller gauge’s lethal ranges comparable to those of a 12-gauge load.
LONG BEARD ® XR ® BLAZED A TRAIL FILLED WITH NWTF STILL TARGET WORLD RECORDS AND ECSTATIC HUNTERS.
The current NWTF Still Target World Record, an incredible 67 pellets in a 3” circle at 40 yards, was set with Long Beard XR in May of 2016.
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