Browning superposed

[Gordon]

i was offered a mint X frame(12ga size)20ga remington 1100 fixed imp cyl choke shotgun and i bought it, i looked around for a mod or full choked barrel and they were going for 175-225. i sent it to mike orlen for threaded choke tubes, the cost was 75.00 including return postage. it patterens as good as a new 870 rem in 20ga with factory choke tubes. eastbank.

Better than a new Remington likely I too had a set of tubes fitted to the 24" 20 Magnum Belgian A5 from the 60s . You buy the premium certified for steel tubes which are actually choked for steel and can give true traditional pattern performance with steel shot. The better tube smiths actually can regulate your pattern to the sight as you would like it too , for a nominal extra fee. Worth it as I never have missed a wing shot with that gun for Doves and pigeons and close in ducks and great on bunnies too ! I have 2 hardened steel tubes: one in a true Improved cylinder with #4 steel shot and the same in an "improved modified " for #2 shot. Both 3" mag Fast Steel loads. I believe the steel stress is all in the choke area of the muzzle. These tubes fix that. I was told some browning older superposed and others are a bit thin all the way out so would need to be shortened some as was done on the 28" full choke rib 3" barrel on my A5 . I'm sold on the screw in chokes on old guns I like.

 

[243winxb]

http://www.horstauction.com/gunsale17march.html

Serial # 30052 S70. 12 Ga. over and under shotgun made in Belgium in 1970. 28” vent rib barrels choked modified and full with excellent bores. Single selective trigger and ejectors. This gun falls into the salt wood era and the extensive damage can be seen on both sides of the receiver. The bluing on the metal is in very good condition with a few fine rust speckles scattered over the surface. The checkered walnut stock and forearm are in very good condition with a few small marks. Extra finish has been applied in some areas of the stock. Original butt plate. Action works fine and is tight. Please see the pictures to get a better idea of the condition.

Edit, Fixed photos.



Salt wood .
Sold for $600.

 

[Acera]

To complete the post above, that shotgun ^^^^^ sold at auction for $600.



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[243winxb]

Edited above photos. They were to dark. Yes, price was posted before at $600.

 

[Captcurt]

I think i'm going to pick it up tomorrow. And have screw in chokes installed.

I want this gun to replace a red label all weather that I own. May as well do it right.

I bought a gorgeous Beretta BL-3 20ga back in 94. Took it to Ballistic Specialties in Batesville, AR. The barrel walls were too thin for standard aftermarket chokes. They had to use their custom Angle-Ported Cost: $100 each to thread the barrels and $50 @ for choke tubes. That was $450 in 1994 dollars. I was offered $1100 the first trip to the skeet range.

BTW, I still have it.

 

[Bushpilot]

Great gun. Congrats. One of my all time favorites. If it were me I think I would think twice and then again before I would have choke tubes put in it. I think I would leave it as it is.

 

[clang]

One thing to be careful about with the old Brownings is to keep the bare metal (around ejectors, etc) well oiled. They are susceptible to rust if you are diligent. I have a lighting field gun I pheasant hunt with and any moisture will start surface rust quickly.

 

[Liberty1776]

Please please please shoot it first before you think about doing the chokes. Mine, which I will eternally regret selling, was a phenom at trap, both barrels, all the way to the 27 yd line... SUPER good price by the way, and that is a beautiful custom stock.

 

[win71]

Im not keen on sending it out for choke tubes. Sounds like that could be expensive.

It is a very good looking gun with nothing but a few scratches on the stock

Why worry about choke tubes. The Superposed was designed with fixed chokes. If the fixed chokes aren't what you need buy a different choked Superposed.
Especially Belgium.............

 

[CoalTrain49]

Opening the chokes could be a plan, all I want this gun for is trap and skeet.

I never really liked choke tubes much. I purchased shotguns like tools. If I had a job for one that's the one I bought. Skeet required ic or skt chokes. Trap was full for single barrel or M/F for double. Skeet would be hard with M/F. If you want to shoot both trap and skeet get different guns. At one time I had 3 dedicated guns. A 6.5 lb sxs bird gun with .007 and .017 restriction, a 7.5 lb. O/U skeet gun choked skt/skt and an 8 lb O/U trap gun choked M/F.

I do have a tubed barrel for my 870 but I've sold most of my shotguns. I don't hunt anymore nor do I shoot clays. Moved entirely to rifles and pistols.

I would leave those chokes alone and shoot trap with it. That looks like a pretty nice trap gun to me just the way it is. Buy a cheap autoloader with tubes if you want to shoot skeet. Never owned a superposed but owned several Brownings. That's a real nice gun for that price. Most people down grade them because they don't have tubes. I never found it to be a problem. My last O/U was Beretta 682 with tubes. Never cared for it much and sold it soon after I bought it. Big bucks for a clays gun that I didn't shoot well.

It's all about stock fit anyway.

 

[kudu]

I came across a very nice 20 gauge Superposed this weekend when a friend and I went to Indiana Gun Club to shoot some skeet and peruse their gun store. Skeet chokes with plenty of original finish and the break lever right of center pretty good. The price was a bit more than I was willing to pay though. If I remember right it was $1795. I did fall in love with a Caesar Guerini sporting 28 gauge with 32" barrels. Fit me like a glove, but I don't think I could of explained to my wife where almost $4000 went.

 

[CoalTrain49]

I'm glad all of you think this was a bargain because I knew nothing about Browning shotguns at all. Just knew I've wanted one for about 16 years. Thanks all.

New Brownings are expensive. I've owned a few but migrated to Beretta over the years. I used to shoot a lot of trap and they were well represented at the club. Probably more Browning's than any other make where I was shooting. Disregard the critics, you have a nice shotgun there and you got in way under a new one.

 

[joed]

Still haven't shot it yet but that will probably change very quickly as the weather is getting nice here. Decided to shoot it as it is and go from there. I don't think it will see choke tubes, I'd like to keep it as it is.