My new doublegun.........sort of

[J. A. EARLY]

I have one with the brown receiver and no vent rib. Using 1 1/8 oz. it kicks me like a mule. My friend had one and we shot it that same day at clays. His kicked me the same. My head still hurts from it and I have not shot it since.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Jerry Harlow

I have one with the brown receiver and no vent rib. Using 1 1/8 oz. it kicks me like a mule. My friend had one and we shot it that same day at clays. His kicked me the same. My head still hurts from it and I have not shot it since.

I shot some 7/8 ounce loads at 1200 fps and they were comfortable I also shoot some 1 ounce loads at 1150 fps and the recoil was not too bad. I'll use 7/8 ounce on clays and 1 ounce on crows. I have shot 7/8 loads at clays for so long I think the recoil of 1 1/8 ounce is stiff out of any gun.

I read up on the gun before buying it and I knew the color of the aluminum receiver affected value. This was priced right and I bought to be a shooter. It really doesn't feel like an any other auto when I handle it. It's an odd enough gun to be interesting and fun to me.

[Steve Hodges]

Pete, great find. I have owned about six different Double Autos over the years. All shot really well and i liked them. Wish i had kept at least one. Seeing yours makes me want to buy anther. Yours is in really good condition. No worm holes in the buttplate and the particular rib on yours is fairly rare. Maybe I will go on the hunt Can't wait to see it.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hodges

Pete, great find. I have owned about six different Double Autos over the years. All shot really well and i liked them. Wish i had kept at least one. Seeing yours makes me want to buy anther. Yours is in really good condition. No worm holes in the buttplate and the particular rib on yours is fairly rare. Maybe I will go on the hunt Can't wait to see it.

Worm holes in the butt plate, I had forgotten about horn butt plates and the problem with the Powder Post Beetles. If you look closely at the butt plate in the picture I posted there is some damage. It looked kind of weird to me and I assumed it was plastic and damaged from the gun going in and out of gun racks but now I know. By '63 I read Browning had gone to plastic butt plates but some say they were still using up old stock. I bought to shoot it, the price was right, I saw the choke tube install as a plus. The gun was not used very much and overall it's very nice, if I really like it and use it a lot I can put another butt plate or have a pad put on it.