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| < 16ga. Guns ~ New Browning pix! |
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:00 pm
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:19 pm
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:27 pm
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I bet you could get all those "squiggly" lines out of the stock with a good wood rasp and some sandpaper!
Sorry - couldn't resist it! |
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:29 pm
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That wood! Wow!
What grade and model is that?
Thanks for the pics!
Mike |
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:32 pm
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| nice looker , but 8lbs?? sporting clays gun only? |
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:42 pm
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It is a brand new model for browning in 2007 called the Citori GTS High grade. Yes, its heavy at exactly 8 Lbs and I will use it for clays, pheasant and fair day waterfowling. Browning calls this model their clay/bird hybrid in that it is non ported, solid rib between bbls and chambered for 3" shells unlike all their other sporting models. I shoot enough clays to really put this model to good use. And, I'm still young and strong enough to carry it in more rolling/flat type field application. This certainly will never be my only gun, but I fell in love with it at first sight. If it shoots anywhere close to how it looks, I will be as happy as can be. It came with a 15" LOP which I had changed to 14" so that probably acounts for the 8LBS weight.
Couldve saved another few ounces had I gone with 30" bbls, but 30's are so nice for sporting. This gun will definitely see alot of field time too.
But I have a 16GA Superlite on layaway. Hey, with the finsish Browning's putting on the Superlight, they should knock off a few hundred bucks to compensate us that have to remove it immediately. |
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:44 pm
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| I meant, had I gone for 28" bbls. |
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 2:50 pm
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Nope, you did fine son. 30" barrels are better for clays shooting. If you find them a little muzzle heavy, a couple or three ounces of sheet lead rolled up and stuck in the stock screw hole will help put the balance back between your hands and help buffer the recoil too.
I have a pair of hand picked XS sporters, a .410, and a 28 that have very similar wood. I don't know how Browning does it, but they have some of the nicest wood at reasonable prices I've seen. yours is a doozy. Shoot it well. It will last you a lifetime if you take care of it. |
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 3:06 pm
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| 30" tubes rule. for everything. thats why I like the contential 29 1/2" on most of my stuff. |
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:29 pm
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Nice stick of wood on that baby! Going back as far as the Belgian guns, Browning has had some of the nicest wood on their shotguns and rifles.
Nice Buy! |
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Wed Feb 07, 2007 4:48 pm
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| I gotta ask--did they include a real choke wrench or one of the stamped spanners?????? |
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