Browning 16 gauge Gran Lighting

[6pt-Sika]

I make no bones about it I prefer the Superposed over the Citori but thats my father still having a bearing on what to buy .

Browning Citori's are about as tough a gun for the dollar as can be purchased . I've known a boatload of people that shot Citori's exclusively at skeet for many years and typically these folks would put 30-50K shots thru the guns each year . Only thing you need to do with that amount of shooting is take them to a COMPETENT gunsmith and have him take the action apart and clean it well every year or every other year , a lot of folks that shot that much rountinely had their guns cleaned as well having the firing pins and hammer springs replaced . Not saying it's necessary just what target shooters tend to do .

My first skeet gun was a Browning Citori 4 barrel set . It was a nice enough gun but I wanted to go to 28" barrels and a tubed gun so down the road it went .

The only other Citori's I've owned were a pair of 16 gauge guns the first was a plain vanila Lightning 28" gun thirtyfive years ago that was my Sporting Clays - Dove gun . The other Citori 16 I owned was also a plain vanila Upland Special 24" gun , that was my grouse gun at the time .

I've been close to buying another Citori of some denomination in 16 gauge for a number of years and still think about it often . The only reason I'e not gotten another was usually when I found one I liked it was either higher priced than I was willing to go or I found a Parker or a rifle I'd rather have .

[Alan Phillips]

Although I have collected many types of shotguns I have always used Brownings for hunting about 90% of the time. They have never failed me. When the 16 was offered I was quick to purchase one of the first. Still have that one and after 1000's of rounds and not a little abuse it still is as tight as the day I bought it and never a malfunction. I have several in my safe (back up guns?) that I am sure will outlast me and probably the next several owners.