Look What Followed Me Home...

[ghuns]

From the gun shop...



After lugging around my 12ga Browning BPS Upland Special the past two years in Kansas for pheasant season, I decided I needed a gun that carries a little easier. And let's face it, all the cool guys shoot O/Us. So I snagged a 20ga Browning Citori Feather Lightning. This thing is sooooooo light. Browning says 5lbs 13oz. My scale says 6lbs 4oz. Anywho, much lighter than my 8lbs+ BPS. When you're walking 10+ miles a day, a couple of pounds matters a lot.

It's been years since I have shot any skeet, but I dusted off the thrower and recruited the boy kid to run it. Hit my first 10 singles in a row. Damn, I'm good. Had him load doubles and I'm not nearly as good. Hit the first target the next 5 times and missed the second target. Every time.

I am shooting the lower barrel first with IC choke and Mod in the upper. After making an effort to get the first target quickly and taking my time on the seconds, I started to finally get some of the #2s. Probably only 50% of them, but better than nothing.

I have a month to practice before heading out west for real birds. Seems like I need it.

It's very nice to shoot with 7/8oz skeet loads. You feel the kick a bit with 2-3/4" nitro pheasant loads. With 3" Prairie Storms, it's a little unpleasant. But I can't say I have any memory of recoil when actually hunting.

[Elmer Fudd]

I worked at Browning once apon a time.

[ghuns]

I worked at Browning once apon a time.

In Morgan, UT?

What did they make there?

I only ask because every Browning shotgun I have, some made back in the 70s, were all make in Japan?

[Elmer Fudd]

In Morgan, UT?

What did they make there?

I only ask because every Browning shotgun I have, some made back in the 70s, were all make in Japan?

Yes, Morgan Utah. I made prototype firearms and back then they had archery.

[ghuns]

Yes, Morgan Utah. I made prototype firearms and back then they had archery.

I have a old Browning compound bow that I bought in the early 90s. It shot slow as shit, but the wood riser was nice in cold weather.

[Rstewart]

Good luck on the pheasant's.  That is absolutely my favorite bird to eat, you'll throw rocks at Chicken.

I bought a Browning gold fusion 12ga auto for dove hunting a few years back.  It's been great, no complaints

[ghuns]

Good luck on the pheasant's.  That is absolutely my favorite bird to eat, you'll throw rocks at Chicken.

I bought a Browning gold fusion 12ga auto for dove hunting a few years back.  It's been great, no complaints

Mine too. I hate chicken in most forms, except wings.

Me and the boy kid got about 50 doves this year in the back yard. He planted a couple of long narrow rows with a mix of millet, milo, and sunflowers out behind our barn. We mowed and burned the grass outside of those rows, thinking it would make it easier to find the dead birds. But the birds ended up liking that burned section the most.

[Smit]

From the gun shop...

It sure is a pretty thing! As it should be.

[ghuns]

It sure is a pretty thing! As it should be.

It really is. When you see the wood outdoors in the sun, it's very impressive. I couldn't get a pic that shows it. And Browning classifies it as grade III, basically shit. I'd love to see one of their Citori Grands. Those are grade I. $5K and up

Little things you notice, the fits are amazing. No gaps visible anywhere when locked up or when opening. The wood is perfectly flush with the metal where they meet. I have handled a lot of sub $1500 o/u shotguns and they don't have that fit and finish.

Luckily, my wife doesn't know sub $1500 o/u shotguns exist.