Val Browning's Double Auto

[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

[Big D]

I have a Remington M31 lightweight 20 gauge The receiver is some sort of alloy. Anyone have a guess on its name/composition? I don't.

[Big D]

Thanks Dave. What a resource you are. Mine is a 20 gauge, and is so light that a round of skeet becomes uncomfortable. It also suffers from what I understand became a problem, at least on the 20 gauge. The bottom front of the receiver develops a crack going back to the loading port. Makes a dandy wet weather gun, however

[Researcher]

I have two Model 31LA "Standard" Grades. A 12-gauge with a 30-inch FULL solid rib barrel, probably one of the heaviest Model 31 barrels, which makes for a quite muzzle heavy gun. The other is a 20-gauge that was virtually new, but was fitted with a Cutts with only the Modified tube. I wasn't doing all that well with it at Skeet, so I patterned it. At 25 yards, Skeet distance, every pellet from Federal Skeet Loads were in a 19" circle. Paid as much on ebay for a set of 20-gauge Cutts tubes in the box with the wrench as I'd paid for the gun!! The Spreader tube improved my Skeet scores with it.

[charlie cleveland]

sounds like a good turkey gun to me...I have a model 12 Winchester with a cuts choke on it...I would like to have the other 3 chokes they made with it...I have never liked the looks of them or the poly chokes even though a poly choke was probably the best choke ever made.....charlie

[Researcher]

The Model 42 I mentioned above had two barrel & magazine assemblies when I got it, one 26-inch SKEET and the other 26-inch with a Cutts with the spreader tube. Much of my early skeet shooting was at the Vado del Rio Skeet Club on Camp Pendleton where they had a good supply of those WW-II vintage Winchester Model 12 Skeet Guns with Cutts Compensators. When I started, a card for ten rounds was $10, and that included their AA reloads. Could use your own guns or theirs. Pretty soon a ten-round card went up to $13.50. I'd much rather shoot a Cutts than be on a squad with someone else shooting one! I don't mind looking out the barrel at one at all.

[Big D]

They're really loud.

[Pay Dirt]

With all this talk of Remington and Winchester,
I snagged another Double Auto. 1960 Twelvette, 28" Modified.
Remains in very high condition.