Val Browning's Double Auto

[Larry the Gun Guy]

And here's the guy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHW_...re=emb_rel_end

[Pay Dirt]

That 2019 trip ended in So Cal with a visit to Angelo Bee in my hometown of Chatsworth.
Art was doing a custom 28 ga Superposed for me and Angelo was engraving it.
After an afternoon at the Pacific Ocean I had the pleasure of breaking bread with Art and Brad.

I took them to the #1 Delicatessen in the country, Brents.
Blackened pastrami sandwiches on double baked rye.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Bobby Cash

I found and grabbed a 1966 Twentyweight in Dragon Black.
The Modified choke had been opened to .007 constriction. Tight Skeet. Perfect.
All else seems factory original and in a very high state of preservation

What does it weigh?

[Pay Dirt]

The sandwich style is call a “Deli Stack” and weighs a half pound.

[Pay Dirt]

My bad.

The Twentyweight is exactly 12 and 1/2 Brents Blackened Pastrami Sandwiches.

[J.B. Books]

I recently picked up my second Browning Double Auto. A 1969 production, flat knob stock, plastic butt plate, an alloy receiver "Twelvette" with a 26" Vent Rib barrel choked Imp Cylinder, in excellent condition. It weighs 6 pounds 9 ounces. It cycles my 7/8 oz reloads at 1200 fps with authority. DA's are really nice guns.

[Dean Romig]

Is this gun the modern day answer to Frank Woolner’s modified Winchester 59 grouse and woodcock gun?





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[James L. Martin]

Here's mine it's a twentyweight double automatic at 6lb 6oz made in 1961

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Is this gun the modern day answer to Frank Woolner’s modified Winchester 59 grouse and woodcock gun?
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The production of the Winchester Model 59 overlapped with the production of the Browning DA. Their production numbers were similar but the DA had a longer run. Which one is a better light 12 semi auto for upland hunting? I would say that depends on the bias of what one likes.

[Bill Murphy]

I'm a Winchester shooter and collector, but given the choice between the pedestrian Model 59 and the beautiful and sleek Double Auto, I would pick a lighter model of the Double Auto for a deep brush grouse hunt.