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Browning 2 shot auto

vafranko
Any one here can tell me anything about a Browning 2 shot auto. Looking for a buddy of mine. He tells me it was made about 35 years ago. I gave all my reference books away so I am at a loss. Thanks all.
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  • vafranko
    A friend tells me he has a Browning (Belgium) 2 shot automatic he wants to sell.

    Question #1 - where might I find a history of this gun?

    Question #2 - value?

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  • Herschel
    They were known as the Double Auto. I owned one a year or so ago and finally sold it to a trap or skeet shooter. They are fairly popular with those guys but there is little demand from them. As I recall they came in two grades. One was called "Twentyweight" and was lighter. I believe they were only made in 12 guage. I believe the rational for designing the gun was that allowed the shooter to get off 4 shots more quickly than the three shot semi-autos that were slower to reload.
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  • 2520wcf
    I've heard that the Double Auto was designed by John Browning's grandson Val Browning and was designed both to be extra light and also legal in countries that had restricted shotguns to two shots only. That last may be mythological--I don't know of such countries--does anyone?

    The Double Auto (Twentyweight?) with the aluminum reciever wasn't the first with that feature, but it was one of the first with anodized COLOR recievers--you could get Black, Silver, Gold, Maroon, and Green, at least. I happen to like the Silver and the Green....

    I don't know about the rest of the world, but I don't think the Double Auto was a big seller in the US. It was made as a birdgun and skeet gun; I've never seen one set up properly for trap. I would imagine that the Twentyweight kicks like a mule with trap loads.
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  • sharpshooter039
    they kick like a mule and they are bad to split the forearms
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  • vafranko
    Thanks all. Tells me enough not to buy it. Buddy did say when he got it from hid Dad it had a split receiver which Browning replaced.

    Franko
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  • BigBarn
    Vafranko;
    The double auto is by and large a pretty good gun. It has it's drawbacks, but every gun I own has those, so for a few bucks, you can get a Browning Auto, that will do just about anything you want it to do. Mine is set up for trap, with an adjustable comb, and an extended butt stock, and set up as such, it does not kick very much at all. It does have a tendency to split the forearm, tho. Only bad thing I can say about it.

    BigBarn[;)][^]

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  • bobski
    what color is the receiver? fyi, the gun was built from 52 to 71. it started out as a steel receiver with a short pistol grip until 57. it switched to the d. auto lightweight (alloy) marked lightweight over the loading port. in 60, the grip increased in length and the 20 weight came out. it weighed the same as a loaded 20 ga, thus the name. the only difference was the wood was birch instead of walnut and the bbl diameter was smaller and made of alloys which gave it a purple tint. other minor parts were made alloy inside the receiver too. colors were first offered in 57 and ran until late 60. both 20wt and d autos were made in colors. 16 different colors in all. 4 are most common. brown, green, silver, and black. rare are the red and blue. rarer are army green, yellow, and pink. vent ribs are in demand in usa, while plain bbls were more popular for hunters and euro customers. 46,000 total were made. a nice gun to collect, but a kick in the arm to shoot. it didnt do well here. the 2 shot concept was marketed for euro customers where only 2 shots was allowed. it flopped in usa. we tended to like the 3 shots. buttplate changed in 61 from one eyed browning profile to the 2 eyed browning...looking at you. if you need bbls, let me know. i have some left but sold all my guns off years ago. had em all. had every bbl configuration too. 5 styles in 6 chokes plus the buck bbl and factory cutts. those were the good ole days! sold them all for a house!

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