Browning Citori experts out there??

[ibtexex]

A friend is need of some cash and is wanting to sell me his fathers Browning Citori Grade I Skeet o/u 20 ga.. I do not have enough knowledge of the Citori's to even guess..

May I request some friendly help here? I do have serial number if that helps

Thanks!!!

 

[reuben mishler]

Depending on where you live, those will sell for roughly 1800 new.

If his is in excellent shape you could get 1500 from the right buyer. I wouldn't take below $1200 for it. Good luck!

 

[ibtexex]

Thank you Sir.. Both barrels are fixed chokes. Does that seem to make a difference?

 

[DaleCooper51]

Fixed chokes, barrel length, overall condition, and accessories all will make a difference in price.

 

[Sauer Grapes]

Fixed chokes, depending on condition.......6-700 dollars. A guy at the club just sold one in nice shape for $500.

 

[dab102999]

Friend of mine just sold off a bunch of his fathers guns and one was a Citori in 12 gauge and was in great shape. Not excellent but close to it. He got $775 for it on gun broker

 

[oneounceload]

There is a difference between a fixed choke field gun and a fixed choke target gun. Target guns always are worth more (all other aspects being equal)

$1200 is reasonable, more if the condition is excellent or better

 

[Sauer Grapes]

There is a difference between a fixed choke field gun and a fixed choke target gun. Target guns always are worth more (all other aspects being equal)

$1200 is reasonable, more if the condition is excellent or better

??? This is one of the few times I have to disagree you. I think that would be a hard sell @ 1,000 for a grade 1 skeet gun.

 

[oneounceload]

Sauer - disagreement is a good thing - it opens up discussion.

Target guns tend to hold value somewhat better than field guns - I am not totally sure why, but when you look at guns for sale, it tends to be that way. Even with the Citori predecessor, the Superposed, the results are also the same. Again though, the amount I was seconding was for a gun in MINT condition, not necessarily NIB, but NRA 98% or so. If the gun has seen a fair amount of use (and a target gun typically does), then I agree with you, the value would be somewhere south, more like 750.

One thing about a Citori - they have wall thickness in the barrel, so even though this might have fixed chokes now, doesn't mean it can't have choke tubes installed.

Another thing that might hurt the value is the barrel length. Years ago, 26 was the norm for skeet, now 30+ is fashionable - if it wears 26" tubes, then the price drops again more into what you were stating - in other words, more info from the OP would give him a better determination - after the info and pics, we might be exactly the same in the value department....

 

[Sauer Grapes]

I agree, a little more info on the gun would be a big help. I was making a lot of asumptions.
I figured chances are it's carrying 26'' brls, especially being a 20ga.

Weren't guys using tubed guns back then? I don't recall seeing many 20ga skeet guns. I really never spent much time around clay ranges till recently. I have no idea when they came out. I can't imagine needing 4 guns or barrel sets to shoot one game.

My apologies to the OP, I don't want to hijack your thread.

 

[oneounceload]

From what I remember, many had a 12 gauge, then a 20 with 28 and 410 barrels on a 20 frame - the result was that none of the guns weighed the same so many started going with Kolar (or later) Briley tube sets

 

[Axel Larson]

Where I am most of the higher end used o/u are going for at least a grand. I wish there were citoris going for 750 around here. My wallet wouldn't like it but I would love it.

 

[Axel Larson]

Just checked my local gun store and he had a very basic citori upland in 12 gauge that only took 2 and 3/4 for close to a grand. It also had fixed chokes.

 

[cfullgraf]

Weren't guys using tubed guns back then? I don't recall seeing many 20ga skeet guns. I really never spent much time around clay ranges till recently. I have no idea when they came out. I can't imagine needing 4 guns or barrel sets to shoot one game.

When I was shooting competitive skeet in the early nineties, four barrel Citori sets were still available. I am not sure when they were discontinued, if ever. I shot with several folks that were using 4 barrel sets.

My skeet gun is a 12 ga Grade III skeet Citori that was part of an estate sale. The owner had identical models in all four gauges. They were not matched, just the same model in each gauge. i could not afford but one. Wish i could have gotten at least the 28 ga. as well. Oh well.

Back then, the skeet models carried a higher value than the equivalent field model.