bikemutt
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I've had my eye on this particular Superposed for a couple weeks at my favorite LGS. I guess my post title should've been more like she "came home today".
With a serial number 439##V7, I believe this to be a 1967 shotgun. It's in pretty decent shape with a few safe dings here and there. Locks up tight, nice trigger. Barrels are marked ** and **_ which I believe is Modified over Improved Cylinder.
Near as I can tell 1967 manufacture means this could be, or may have been a "saltwood" gun. I've seen saltwood Brownings, it's pretty hard to miss the rust on the receiver. This one shows no signs of that. I removed a buttplate screw, it came out normally and is in like-new condition. I've read that saltwood buttpad screws could be difficult to impossible to remove without breaking off owing to rust.
It's certainly possible the original owner returned the gun to Browning for stock replacement. How would I go about finding out the history on this scattergun?
In the meanwhile, here are a few pictures of my first Superposed
With a serial number 439##V7, I believe this to be a 1967 shotgun. It's in pretty decent shape with a few safe dings here and there. Locks up tight, nice trigger. Barrels are marked ** and **_ which I believe is Modified over Improved Cylinder.
Near as I can tell 1967 manufacture means this could be, or may have been a "saltwood" gun. I've seen saltwood Brownings, it's pretty hard to miss the rust on the receiver. This one shows no signs of that. I removed a buttplate screw, it came out normally and is in like-new condition. I've read that saltwood buttpad screws could be difficult to impossible to remove without breaking off owing to rust.
It's certainly possible the original owner returned the gun to Browning for stock replacement. How would I go about finding out the history on this scattergun?
In the meanwhile, here are a few pictures of my first Superposed