BROWNING CITORI 28 Gauge
I just purchased a 28 Gauge Browning Citori and would like to get some more info on it. According to serial # I can tell it was made in 1990, and that it is a special skeet 28 gauge, gut the grade identifier is not listed with Browning. My serial # is xxxxxNM1E3. I found that NM is 1990, and that E3 is for 28 gauge special skeet, but can not find a listing for the description of 1 .a T is Grade 1, a U is grade 3, and a V is Golden Clay, but 1 is not listed. I have never seen a Skeet 28 gauge like this one anywhere else because it has a fancy English (strait grip) stock. Any help here would be appreciated, also a best guess to value would be nice. The gun is in 95-98% condition and I couldn`t pass it up. Thanks guys.
RONK7716@CS.COM
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identify the engraving on the receiver. i might be able to help.
former air operations officer SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. former navy skeet team, navy rifle/pistol team member. co-owner skeetmaster tubes inc.. owner/operator professional shooting instruction.0 -
It has a football shaped scroll in the middle of the sides with triangular scrolls on the 4 corners of the sides,a little scroll on the forearm latch and a little scroll on top of receiver just behind the barrels. Also a circle with bursts at the hinge point of receiver, and the two screws behind triger gaurd on bottom of tang have little circles engraved around the flat of the screw.Thanks for your help.
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you have a grade 1 28 ga. the stock tells me its an upland series gun. though choked skeet, its very much a proper gun for upland game and hunting.
former air operations officer SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. former navy skeet team, navy rifle/pistol team member. co-owner skeetmaster tubes inc.. owner/operator professional shooting instruction.0 -
ronk...i may have jumped the gun. i have the 1990 catalog right in front of me. tell me a little more about the forearm. is it a shnobble or a wide wedge skeet type? check the wood. does it match color? does it appear to have been replaced? your gun could be a skeet gun with a straight stock someone put on. the 28 ga guns made in 1990 were called lightnings and hunting models, not citori's...unless it was a genuine skeet gun with a high rib. does it have invectors or a fixed choke? is the rib low or high? is it marked japan or belgium? lmk....
former air operations officer SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. former navy skeet team, navy rifle/pistol team member. co-owner skeetmaster tubes inc.. owner/operator professional shooting instruction.0 -
Bob, the browning has a wide wedge skeet forearm, the wood all matches and with the long tang under the strait grip I`m sure it`s original. It is marked citori on bottom of receiver, and Japan on the barrel. The barrels are 28" The rib is high compared to my 12 & 20 gauges, but I think all 28`s look to have high ribs because of the smaller barrels. I`m wondering if Browning had special order guns back then and maybe that is why it has the unlisted designation #. I will try and contact Browning on Monday and see if they can tell me anything. I got on their website to late to find anything out tonight, other than what was already mentioned, so it will have to wait untill after the weekend. Thanks again for all your help.
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sounds like someone special ordered a straight grip for his citori to me. it sounds like a genuine citori skeet with a hunting stock installed. btw..anyone can have ordered anything and it sounds like thats what your gun is. it was never cataloged as a factory variation. he must have liked shooting from the hip, thus the straight stock. it has the advantage over pistol grips...but for clay targets? weird, international is 12 ga only...he must have just liked it the way it is now, set up for hunting. let me know what happens on your search.[:)] 0
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