The other was a hunting load, ideal for a pheasant hunt loaded with #4 shot loaded a bit quick at 1425 fps. But I was lucky enough to land a couple boxes of Federal ammunition, one was a fairly standard trap load of 1 oz 8 shot. The first issue I ran into was ammo related, turns out that in our current ammunition situation, sixteen-gauge ammo is a little more difficult to find than others. Doves and quail seem like an obvious choice, but ducks and pheasants would also be a perfect target for this gun. Being a little bit bigger than the twenty gauge, I figured the sixteen would be great for wing-shooting small birds like those portrayed in the little Browning’s engravings. But the little sixteen was new to me, and new things are usually a little bit exciting. I’d shot countless twelve gauges, twenties. I’d never been fortunate enough to play with a sixteen-gauge gun. This gun featured two and three-quarter-inch chrome-lined chambers, and an elevated rib for better sighting picture against the bead at the end. The ejector springs are only actuated upon firing that chamber, so unfired shells are easily retrieved from the chambers. This ensures that spent hulls are thrown clear of the breach, allowing for fast and unobstructed reloads. The mechanical intricacies are beautiful, the ejector system utilizes a spring to drive up the impact of the ejector upon opening the gun fully. You can slide the safety left and right to choose which of the two barrels to shoot first, and fore and aft to select safe or fire. Again, like most over & under shotguns, the safety doubles as a barrel selector. The locking mechanism is also tapered, allowing it to seat ever deeper with the wear that will occur over decades.īehind that, is the safety selector. The Citori features a full-width tapered locking bolt, this makes for additional strength in keeping the gun closed. Like most over & under shotguns, the gun is opened with a lever on the spine of the action. The steel receiver has a durable silver nitride finish with intricate engraving. The receiver has beautifully engraved patterns to match its clean and smooth lines. Brownings Citori line of over-under double-barrel shotguns are refined and have earned a reputation with hunters and sports shooters alike. Home Products Firearms Shotguns Citori Citori White Lightning Citori White Lightning View Hi-Res Image The perfect over and under shotgun for pheasant and other upland game. A beautiful match of attractive wood and steel are the basis for the gun, matched with a pair of 28-inch sixteen-gauge barrels. The Browning Citori line of shotguns has long been famous for its quality and performance. Today we’ll venture into to another story about a handsome Browning double, the Citori 16 Gauge.
I am neither a connoisseur nor even a serious shotgunner, but I’ve shot enough of the finer ones to know what it feels like.
You don’t need to be a shotgun connoisseur to understand a nice shotgun when you pick it up.
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