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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: KDB on October 20, 2023, 03:14:34 PM

Title: Browning Citori
Post by: KDB on October 20, 2023, 03:14:34 PM: I have a 50 yrs old 12 gauge Citori that's only had a box or two of shells shot through it and I'm thinking of taking it out this weekend. Steel shot is required in the area
I'll be hunting. My question is it safe to use steel shot in an older Citori?
Title: Re: Browning Citori
Post by: CP on October 20, 2023, 03:20:20 PM: Here's what Browning has to say:

https://www.browning.com/support/faq/shoot-steel-shot.html#:~:text=All%20current%20Browning%20shotguns%20with%20the%20Standard%20Invector%2C,many%20older%20Browning%20shotguns%20with%20conventionally%20choked%20barrels.
Title: Re: Browning Citori
Post by: CP on October 20, 2023, 03:30:33 PM: I’ll add that I’ve been shooting steel in my Belgium made A5 for years with no adverse effects. I did have the choke opened up to IM from full before I did that. I would not shoot steel through a fixed, full choke.
Title: Re: Browning Citori
Post by: Badhabit on October 20, 2023, 07:02:35 PM: Bismuth or tungsten should be shootable.
Title: Re: Browning Citori
Post by: JWBINX on October 20, 2023, 09:40:06 PM: If it does not have factory installed choke tubes (invector) then no.
If it is 50 years old, Browning was not using choke tubes.
So, again, the answer is no to steel shot,