Browning Maxus Sporting Golden Clays-a brief review

[DHart]

I recently acquired a Browning Maxus Sporting Golden Clays. What a delightfully enjoyable shotgun. My primary application is to use along with my Browning Citori 725 Sporting for clay sports. And the Maxus may be put to use doing some upland hunting. Sometimes I like shooting a semi-auto and other times I like the O/U.

Anyway, this Maxus has a 30" barrel and comes with 5 Invector Plus choke tubes. The stock is a gorgeous walnut with high-gloss finish. The receiver is engraved with a scene of game birds transforming into clays. It's been stone reliable and very comfortable to shoot. Browning (built by Miroku in Japan) really did a magnificent job with this beautiful and reliable shotgun. I can recommend this gun!









The wife enjoys it.


She got a picture of me having just busted a true pair on the clays course: rabbit on the ground and bird in the air, with the second shell still in air. I sure love shooting this Maxus!


The Maxus line is extensive, but it isn't so easy to find the higher-grade models in stock. The synthetic black and camo stock models are readily available in most of the big box sporting goods shops.

 

[Hunterdad]

Absolutely gorgeous

 

[GarySTL]

Beautiful shotgun. I have a Citori 625 Sporting for clays and skeet, but if I was looking for a gas gun the Maxus would be my choice.

 

[Milkmaster]

Beautiful Shotgun. If you don't mind telling us, what was the list and/or final price for the sporting clays model like you have purchased?

 

[oneounceload]

Awesome! and no side saddle, laser sight, heat shield or other crap..........THANK YOU for posting something other than that stuff

I hope you enjoy it a LOT

 

[DHart]

Thanks, guys, for the comments. Glad you appreciate the gun.

Milkmaster... it was $1600.

oneounceload... I hear ya... I'm quite bored with all the "tacticool" gear, myself. There's a lot more to shooting and firearms enjoyment than defense guns.

BTW, these are my "tactical" defense shotguns. The 20" better suited to "hunkered down" positions; the nimble and lean 18" version better suited for maneuvering inside limited spaces, like the home and RV.

The 590 originally came with black polymer furniture and a heat shield. I much prefer a stripped down version with traditional wood furniture, so I made some changes.

The 500 is a barebones "Persuader" model which also wore black plastic furniture when I bought it. It's my favorite pump gun, and is quite well worn-in, having been a trusty hunter of moles around my lawn area for many years.

 

[oneounceload]

I see the Browning has shims. My wife's A400 Beretta has them as well - she is RH, I am 1/2 a foot taller and LH - it is amazing how changing that thin piece of plastic at the wrist can change it enough to make the gun fit each of us

 

[DHart]

yes, shims are provided, though I haven't changed them. Just a tiny change at one end of the stock results in a significant change at the other end. Browning did the Maxus up very well! I just love this gun.

Can't decide which I like better, this one or the 725 Citori Sporting I also got recently. They're quite different, of course, but each in its own category are awesome. I am a Browning lover, that's for sure. That includes my Browning Buckmark and Browning 92 lever rifle.

 

[oneounceload]

My Gti is about 18-19 years old; has over 250,000 rounds through it, and except for new firing pins and springs as preventative maintenance at 90,000, it has been trouble free. While not as well balanced as friends' Perazzis, it does a decent job.......