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I acquired a 1967 Superposed .410, RKST in what appears to be unfired condition. Sold as a 28" Skeet, I was happy to measure the chokes and find Full/Mod. Grade 1 Superposed wood lottery winner.   Lack of use didn't stop it's proud owner from taking it in and out of the safe a bajillion times. Art's is returning the wood to "Factory New" and is installing a proper Long Tang. Enter an in the white set of 28 gauge barrels, 28' Full/Full.   Art's filled in all the missing parts, carved it's own forend, and fit the barrels to the grade 1 .410. I'm a skeet shooter, less an upland hunter. For fixed chokes I'm thinking Improved Skeet/Skeet(.007/.005) or Improved Cylinder/Improved Skeet(011/.007). I subscribe to the theory that less is more and currently have fewer (but nicer) guns than I've had in the past 20 years. With fewer guns I'm looking for utilitarian overlap. Since this is a composed set and altering chokes won't land me a fiery spot in Hell, Why not shoot it all? Why not Briley's ???
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Nice looking gun, Bob. Gorgeous wood.
One question, if it is practically unfired I'm assuming it is also unmolested, and if so why is the tang that came on it improper? I'll admit to not being a big Browning fan, so there's probably an answer related to collectibility?
SRH
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I would have just shot it as is.
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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Nice looking gun, Bob. Gorgeous wood.
One question, if it is practically unfired I'm assuming it is also unmolested, and if so why is the tang that came on it improper? I'll admit to not being a big Browning fan, so there's probably an answer related to collectibility?
SRH You beat me to the same question regarding the tang???
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Stan, ol'buddy, why do you say the tang is improper? Am I missing something?(not unusual) Plenty of RKST Superposeds out there.
And Bob, I hope Art's not going to apply a gaudy plastic finish on it.
JR
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Wood finish and checking don't break the clays- proper gun mount and fit do- what's the deal with a lottery ticket?? Guaranteed winner?? Sure--RWTF
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Bob, congrats, keep doing it your way. Your projects are always interesting, but utilitarian does not come to mind.
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Bob, congrats, keep doing it your way. Your projects are always interesting, but utilitarian does not come to mind. Agreed!
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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Hello Stan.
I hope you and your family are all faring well.
Let me just say that the "Bean Counter" who instituted the Flat Knob and Short Tang features on this line of guns should be horsewhipped!
Cooler heads prevailed as Browning re-adopted at least the Long Tang in the early 70's.
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AWESOME combo gun
Well done with your upgrades
Sweet
Mike
USAF RET 1971-95 ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](http://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/57865_80x60.jpg)
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Wish I had kept the ltrk Gr.I .410/28 ga. set, both with 28" full and full barrels, I bought years ago...
JR
Last edited by John Roberts; 07/16/20 11:39 PM.
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....Let me just say that the "Bean Counter" who instituted the Flat Knob and Short Tang features on this line should be horsewhipped!
Cooler heads prevailed as Browning re-adopted at least the Long Tang around the early 70's.
The short tang is forever going to be associated with salt wood and even when it plainly isn't you're going to have to prove it to the next owner ad nauseum...Geo
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Great project; thanks for sharing it with us. Gil
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....Let me just say that the "Bean Counter" who instituted the Flat Knob and Short Tang features on this line should be horsewhipped!
Cooler heads prevailed as Browning re-adopted at least the Long Tang around the early 70's.
The short tang is forever going to be associated with salt wood and even when it plainly isn't you're going to have to prove it to the next owner ad nauseum...Geo I've redone a few and have always corrected the Short Tang. Couldn't find an original 2 barrel set from any year in any condition.
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As a person uninitiated in the world of Underover double barrels, Could you post a couple pictures for comparison to will a straight this tragedy? Curiosity needs scratching
_________ BrentD, (Professor - just for Stan) =>/ ![[Linked Image from i.imgur.com]](https://i.imgur.com/qclHjMQ.jpg)
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Thanks Bob, and George. As I said, I'm not well versed in Superposeds, or Brownings in general. I understand better now.
SRH
P.S. John, the reason I used "improper" was not because I thought it was, but because Bob called the long tang version "proper". I just juxtaposed it.
Last edited by Stan; 07/17/20 06:43 AM.
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