GUNS Magazine August 1962

On Aprill,asmall strip of polyethylene
made your12 gauge shotgun harder hitting, tighte~
patterning and capable of cleaner kills at longer
range than ever before!
April 1, 1962:
Winchester-Western introduced new
Super-X and Super-Speed Mark 5; a
new type of load that hits harder, shoots
further than any other shotshell in
the world. At no increase in price!
It took a lot of doing to improve the
modern high-brass shell. Most hunters
believed that these were the finest shotshells
ever made. And they were right. ,
Until now.
These new Super-X and Super-Speed
Mark 5 loads shoot unbelievably harder
than anything you've ever known.
:They'll put more game in your pocket
at longer range than any other shotshells
ever made. Bar none.
Where does this extra impact come
from? Most of it from that little strip
of polyethylene you see. It helps these
new Mark 5 loads deliver magnum
effectiveness without the extra cost and
with less recoil.
And the Mark 5 magnums (in 12, 16
and 20 gauge) are really "super magnums"
in performance!
As you probably realize, a good deal
If you're an upland gunner who pre-
fers the more open patterns of low
brass Ranger and Xpert - we haven't
changed those a bit. For the close-flush-
ing bird Of-the skeet field, they're still~
the best you can buy.
, ~I·
of the power in ordinary high-brass
shells is lost. You might just as well
take a lot of the shot from the shell and
throw it away. Because that's actually
what happens.
Look what goes on now when you
shoot a new Super-X or Super-Speed
Mark 5, how it harnesses the hitting
power other shells waste.
The polyethylene strip, the collar,
that's wrapped around the shot inside
the shell stays wrapped around the shot
until after it leaves the'muzzle! This
collar protects the shot against wasteful
deformation, .prevents Lateral shot
dispersion, keeps the wads out of the
shot column- in short it puts more shot"
where more shot belongs:' right on the
bird!
The over-all effect of these new
Mark 510ads is up to10%better, denser
patterns; up to 10% shorter shot string;
the effect of a 1/4 ounce heavier load;
lengthened effective range, and it
eliminates barrel leading and tubewash.
Does all this help make you a more
effective shot? Absolutely! Or Mark 5
wouldn't be on'the market!
And forthe trapshooter, there's a new
Super Trap Load in Xpert and Ranger
Mark 5 in two shot sizes, 71J2 and 8. If
there's anything you want here - it's
heavier, denser patterns. For example,
from 16 yards to 27, trapshooters now
have the effect of 1/8 oupce more shot
on target with these new Mark 5 loads!
WINCHESTER·WESTERN DIVISION" In