Val Browning's Double Auto

[charlie cleveland]

I ve seen a few of these guns over the years but not many..i believe stevens made a gun similar to this gun it had the tenite stock on it it was very lite...some people claimed it kicked to much....charlie

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by charlie cleveland

I ve seen a few of these guns over the years but not many..i believe stevens made a gun similar to this gun it had the tenite stock on it it was very lite...some people claimed it kicked to much....charlie

Charlie I believe you are thinking of the Armalite AR-17, a similar design. This is a good write up on it. Says it was a hard kicker, a 5 1/2 pound 12ga would be.

http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/view...p?f=3&t=347730

[Steve Hodges]

It is actually not an "aluminum" receiver, but a receiver made of " horridum".

[Mike McKinney]

When I was 9-10, I went to a neighbors house with Daddy. Daddy and the neighbor had grown up together, and both were in the war. I really don’t remember whether Daddy ask to see the gun, or he asked if I could see the gun, which was very mint, a gift from his parents, but at any rate, I thought then it was the prettiest gun I had ever seen, I still think they are beautiful.

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hodges

It is actually not an "aluminum" receiver, but a receiver made of " horridum".

I suspect that was a made up trade name to make the gun sound more exotic. Even Google cant find it lol.

[Steve Hodges]

I know how you hate to be wrong Peter, but all i can report is what Browning called the material used in this receiver. LOL

[J.B. Books]

Originally Posted by Stephen Hodges

I know how you hate to be wrong Peter, but all i can report is what Browning called the material used in this receiver. LOL

That is exactly what I said, that it sounds like a made up trade name as part of a marketing effort rather than an actual metallurgic composition. It has nothing to do with my need to be correct, I can't find a metal by that name actually exists and what it's composition might be, I did some searching after you mentioned it. Have you found anything else about a metal by that name? Perhaps there are different types of aluminum composites. Please enlighten me if you can find something more.

[Steve Hodges]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiduminium