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I've purchased a Superposed and am trying to figure out the choke markings. I couldn't find a table of the markings in Schwing's book.
The gun is marked "**-" on one barrel and "**-" with an S stamped directly over the "-" on the other barrel. I suspect from looking at the stampings that they are not all original. One * on the top barrel is distinctly deeper than the other "*-". The markings on the lower barrel are of different depths and clarity as well.
I'll pattern the gun later, but my first reaction after shooting it is that I've got a real winner here. I did quite well with it on the skeet field, missing only those birds that dropped unexpectedly or stopping my swing on birds launched into the wind that I overtook more quickly than expected. (It was very windy and the birds were jumping and dropping as well as slowing much more than usual.)
Thanks.
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Skeet & Skeet.
* = full choke *_ = improved modified ** = modified **_ = improved cylinder **$ = skeet *** = cylinder
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Thanks to both of you for the information.
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Always looking for small bore Francotte SxS shotguns.
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Many Browning Superposed have been remarked, but a mark that looks different from another mark was not neccesarily done in the aftermarket. If a gun were sent back to Browning for rechoking and remarking, the new marks can look pretty amateurish. Even an S over the dash could have been done at Browning.
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Eightbore:
I'd wondered about the markings, but hadn't thought of someone sending the gun back to Browning for rechoking. It would explain the different quality of the stamps while also explaining where a gunsmith would have gotten the choke stamp. Thanks.
Rem
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