Citori questions

Archibald Stanton

Archibald Stanton

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Currently looking at the cxs and 725. I think I would go cxs all day except for I will also take this hunting (as well as skeet) and that inertia trigger worries me slightly. Probably not a big deal but it is something and I am used to a mechanical trigger, like the 725 has, on double barrels. I doubt it would misfire much with an inertia trigger but I do shoot enough that I have had pins not pop the primer on shells before and at least with the mechanical trigger, I can almost be guaranteed that second shot on a duck. Again, I know it’s not a big deal but it has happened to me in the past. It’s pretty much my only hangup with the cxs. Just curious what anyone’s thoughts are one way or the other.

I’ll also listen to any arguments in favor of the citori hunter or cynergy. Not really interested in either but I do like the lines of the hunter and I like the coating option on the cynergy but I already have a camo coated ou so that’s not really a necessity.
 
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Archibald Stanton said:
I do shoot enough that I have had pins not pop the primer on shells before
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Gee, I don't know how much you shoot or what you shoot. I can hardly recall a shot shell misfire; although I had a couple of hang fires.
I shot a Citori trap gun for a while, sold it, and the guy just flat wore it out... and bought another. Must have been OK.
My Anschutz/Miroku skeet gun is reliable on doubles with 7/8 oz 12 gauge loads.
 
I have shot my citori for almost 20 years without any inertia trigger issue I can recall. But, as you say, with a mechanical trigger you get a second chance. I think Browning has this trigger basically perfected.
 
Jim Watson said:
Gee, I don't know how much you shoot or what you shoot. I can hardly recall a shot shell misfire; although I had a couple of hang fires.
I shot a Citori trap gun for a while, sold it, and the guy just flat wore it out... and bought another. Must have been OK.
My Anschutz/Miroku skeet gun is reliable on doubles with 7/8 oz 12 gauge loads.
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I’ve had a few misses, hunting and target shooting. I also reload for most of my stuff but the few shell primers I had that did not go off were store bought cheap target shots or 50 year old shells I got from my dad that I was going through.
 
chiefs-special-guy said:
I have shot my citori for almost 20 years without any inertia trigger issue I can recall. But, as you say, with a mechanical trigger you get a second chance. I think Browning has this trigger basically perfected.
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That is great to hear. I think I will go CXS and now just need to decide between 12 or 20.
 
I shot competitive skeet in the 1990’s with 1980-ish vintage tubed Citori. I never had an issue with the triggers.

More recently I’ve shooting skeet with 20 ga CSX or a 28 ga Citoti 725. Both have performed well.

I have 12 ga Citori 725 skeet grade that I plan to have fitted for tubes. I do not expect any trigger problems from it. Like already said, Browning has the inertia triggers figured out.
 
cfullgraf said:
I shot competitive skeet in the 1990’s with 1980-ish vintage tubed Citori. I never had an issue with the triggers.

More recently I’ve shooting skeet with 20 ga CSX or a 28 ga Citoti 725. Both have performed well.

I have 12 ga Citori 725 skeet grade that I plan to have fitted for tubes. I do not expect any trigger problems from it. Like already said, Browning has the inertia triggers figured out.
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The 725s I have looked at all have mechanical triggers, which is why I was leaning that way originally. I’d be interested to know what made you pick up the 725 after using the CXS?
 
Some people have problems with tubes and 725 triggers. Briley offers a service to make them work more reliability. I shoot skeet with a guy that has a 725 he bought tubes for. His second barrel only worked about half the time with the .410 tube. He sent the gun to Briley for the fix. It's been a couple of years now. He's had no more problems.
 
The older Citori's give very little trouble. About the most common thing is the lower firing pin tends to chip and eventually cause miss fires. This is usually seen in high volume guns on clay courses. It's bo big deal. The firing pins are cheap and easily replaced.
 
ColtPythonElite said:
Some people have problems with tubes and 725 triggers. Briley offers a service to make them work more reliability. I shoot skeet with a guy that has a 725 he bought tubes for. His second barrel only worked about half the time with the .410 tube. He sent the gun to Briley for the fix. It's been a couple of years now. He's had no more problems.
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That is great to know, I appreciate the heads up.
 
Do a search on 725 triggers. There is much debate on them actually being mechanical and not "mechanical like". I know they had their growing pains. I shot trap with a guy that bought an expensive 725 Pro. He had lots of second shot problems.
 
ColtPythonElite said:
Do a search on 725 triggers. There is much debate on them actually being mechanical and not "mechanical like". I know they had their growing pains. I shot trap with a guy that bought an expensive 725 Pro. He had lots of second shot problems.
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I have read some about them, but will go back and read more. I have a cz that has mechanical triggers that I have tinkered around with a fair amount so I am familiar with their operation but I’ve never tinkered with inertia triggers
 
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243winxb said:
https://www.browning.com/news/tech-terms/firelite-mechanical-trigger.html

Google knows all. :D

FireLite — Citori 725 Mechanical Trigger System​


Found only on the Citori 725.​


https://www.browning.com/news/tech-terms/mechanical-trigger-over-under-shotguns.html
But is it?


This is making my head hurt. lol.
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Yep, I read about that a few days ago, which is the only reason I’m considering the 725. I like mechanical triggers, but I’m willing to try the inertia since everyone swears there are no real issues
 
Usually when a gun is tubed for sub-gauge (Briley/Kolar) the company will work over the triggers to mechanical so the .410 will fire. My Beretta was originally an inertia, Kolar worked it over to mechanical, that was 30+ years ago. If the only thing you are going to use is the gauge the gun originally came as there should be no problem with the inertia.
Only time I ever saw a problem with inertia was some reloads a guy had that had some light powder drop, it would maybe poof out the wad and shot at 600fps but would not reset for second shot. He had 4-5 light loads in one box of shells and all but one was on the first shot.
 
kudu said:
Usually when a gun is tubed for sub-gauge (Briley/Kolar) the company will work over the triggers to mechanical so the .410 will fire. My Beretta was originally an inertia, Kolar worked it over to mechanical, that was 30+ years ago. If the only thing you are going to use is the gauge the gun originally came as there should be no problem with the inertia.
Only time I ever saw a problem with inertia was some reloads a guy had that had some light powder drop, it would maybe poof out the wad and shot at 600fps but would not reset for second shot. He had 4-5 light loads in one box of shells and all but one was on the first shot.
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That’s good to know. I don’t plan on changing the bore so hopefully all will be good.
 
I have a CXS white in 12ga and really “like” the gun but don’t “love” the gun YET! I think the problem is that I haven’t warmed up to the 32” barrels. It feels great and I shoot it well but tomorrow when I go shoot some skeet I’ll be taking my 20ga lightning like most of the time. If I started over fresh, I’d probably go with a 20ga CXS. My son shoots an old invector Citori 12ga Hunter and kicks my ass regularly at clay games. Also never had a misfire on any of the Citori’s or BT99.
 
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