Favorite Browning Over/ Under?

I've only had a half-dozen. Superposed Lightning was my favorite. The rest were variations on the Citori platform.
My trap buddies like the 725 Trap Combo.
I like my Remington 3200.
They are all tough, precise, and worth the price.
Son #1 is shooting my Lightning every week and loves it. He "bought" it from me last year. "How much?". $800. " Here you go."
I handed the cash back and told him to buy shells.

I prefer the older Citori models. I like trap models and have both Monte Carlo and adjustable comb models. I use an adjustable comb trap model for skeet and 5 stand.

Citori Upland 20 ga with straight stock. About the lightest Citori ever made.

20 gauge Superposed. But...not enough to pay the price.

20 gauge older Citron Lightning. I have one

28 gauge Cynergy with wood stock Friend has one

The Browning that I can afford

725 Sporting. Great gun for the money.

GTI Sporting Clays with 30” barrels.

I like the Superposed but haven't bought one as I'm wary of the hidden salt corrosion issue.

in 1967 my dad traded a plastic stocked stevens(16ga) in on a lightning. 867 bucks then. my brother wound up with it, thought i would like it too. also a salt wood gun.
...fast forward to this century and found out those short barrels didnt do anything well. so mine is a csx with 30 inch barrel. light modified choke in top, modified in bottom. 40yard patterning shows perfect regulation and centered patterns. bobn
oh forgot to mention. rem hulls, tight wad powder and windjammer wads.

Superposed. That's why it's the first Browning I've bought, so far.
Worried about salt wood? Get educated. Learn which years had it, be wary of guns in that era. If physically checking the gun out, it's easy to find. Take the forearm off, there will be more discoloration than the usual line from taking it off and on. Look closely where the wood and steel meet at the rear of the receiver, it often shows up there.
The 725 would be my next choice. My usual advice to new clays games shooter for a Browning is a CX, CXT, or CXS, depending on their preferred clays game.

When I was active in trapshooting, it was a Broadway. But that was in the 1970s and 80s. I don't know the current market.

My late 1980's 28" Citori Skeet Model, Grade III, with sub gauge tubes is my favorite. Lots of clay pigeons have met their maker with the gun.

My early 60’s Superposed, a gift from my father, solid and reliable over the years, comfortable as an old shoe, perfectly balanced. Easy choice.

I like the early Superposed and Citoris. My favorite model is the 725 skeet , they are fine guns.

Browning Ultra 12 ga. with ported barrels for skeet. It's a fine shooting shotgun!

The Belgian Superposed. My Belgian trap gun shipped in 1938, one of the last to make it out before the war broke out. I bought it used, best guess is it has 50K rounds thru her. It is bored for paper shells with felt wads, so it’s full/ improved modified chokes with plastic shot cups patterns “super handicap”/ full. Still locks up as tight as a bank vault.

gunmechanic said:

I like the early Superposed and Citoris. My favorite model is the 725 skeet , they are fine guns.

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I have a 30” Skeet model 725 that I want to get fitted for sub gauge tubes. One of these days it will happen.

The 725 is a nice shotgun. I’ll see how it stacks up to my older Skeet Citori.

Browning citori lightening grade 3 16ga for trap

I have one Browning o/u. It is a lightning from the early 70's.

I bought it used but it was in like new condition---dealer had it listed as a 91 superlight but I think it's an upland---12ga 2.75in chambers--blued receiver--straight stock with just a butt plate and 24in barrels with std invector chokes.

Love that handy little gun.

Also have a 20ga but it's a plain hunter model with 28in barrels.

Jim Watson said:

When I was active in trapshooting, it was a Broadway. But that was in the 1970s and 80s. I don't know the current market.

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My dad had a Broadway he bought in early’70s. That was a great gun. That wide rib gave an awesome sight plane.

Steve

Seen a bunch of Citori's over the years. They always impressed me and all their owners spoke highly of them. Couple decades ago a Browning Citori became one of my "grail guns", not any particular model or variation as long as it's in 12 ga.. Then; in 2017 a very nice 12 ga. Citori 525 with adjustable comb and ported barrel got traded in at a LGS. Previous owner had a shoulder replacement and traded it in on a 28 gauge gun. I purchased it as my retirement present to myself, and soon discovered that I can break more clays than usual even the first time I ever used it. It's now my favorite sporting clays gun. . ..

SUPERPOSED. They are one of the most undervalued guns going IMO. Those and the winchester sx1 both exude “quality” without the high price.