Nine months to the day, I picked up and took home my Superposed project.
28 gauge, 28", Skeet / Skeet

It was my pleasure to work with three extremely talented craftsmen and fine gentleman.
Art Isaacson, Art's gun and Sport Shop, did the restoration.
Kelly Clairmont, Montana Custom Guns, did the restock.
Angelo Bee, Angelo Bee Workshop, executed Browning's Grade 3 Pointer pattern.


I couldn't be prouder or more pleased with the fruits of their labor.
Grazie Mille
A thousand thank yous

(Who could forget...)

Bores .552 / 548
Chokes .006 / .004
6lbs 14 oz
1 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 14 1/4, 6 degrees of Pitch.
Fits me perfectly (feels surprisingly long at 14 1/4").

Nice upgrade Bob. Is that a picture of Angelo Bee?

Ken

Creation....comes from imagination and commitment. Nobody should gainsay the swan that came from the ugly duckling. You spent a lot on this project. O/Us are not my thing. but, It's a pleasure to look at....no matter the worth.

Nice upgrade!

well done!

Thanks for bringing her back to life. Great job! Would love to see the look on your face after you drop your first bird with her.

Excellent job Bob. Congrats.

Bob,
Quite the transformation on the gun, beautiful job and well done. Get it in the field and make some memories!
Karl

Well, it certainly turned out nicely...Geo

I have four Superposed Superlights but, damn, none of them look like that! Beautiful gun and glad to see yours resurrected and saved from the discard pile.

Beautiful result. Love the stock, I guess it is American walnut and very classy.

Very nice piece Bob. There was a lot of corrosion on the metal portions. Was that one of the salt wood Brownings or had it just been neglected? It sure is a beautiful restoration/transformation.

I applaud your efforts in time and money to bring this worthy Browning back. Just lovely.
Dave

Dave, unless I'm confused about which gun this is, I don't think it is exactly a restoration but is an upgrade...Geo

Nice, but I wish you had used different wood. Jmo...
JR

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Standing applause for the restoration/upgrade of your 28 GA Super you initiated and for your selection of artists.
Delight to see the short trigger guard upgraded to a beautiful really LONG one and the restock to the "English" hand. The stock will now require slightly higher right elbow (does for me anyway) and likely make your actual LOP feel longer.
Now try to wear it out in good company.

Geo - Salt Gun pitted with wood replacement. Call it what you may but I call it a restoration. Type on
Dave

Thanks. Some reason I thought it was a lower grade gun upgraded...Geo

BOTH,

28 gauge, salt gun, grade 1, cracked wood, rusted and all,
and brought back from the grave.

Wonderful effort

Geo, if Bobs photos were of this guns it looks like a grade 1 to me and was upgraded to a pointer grade.

We can all agree the result is nice. I kind of have a hard time keeping up with project threads like this that keep getting thrown off track and having to start over...Geo

Nicely done.

Bob---you have done a fabulous job of restoring this very interesting Superposed that had the mis-fortune of being stocked with salted walnut.
I have a question---is it really a superlight---don't superlights have English style stocks with 26" barrels. I don't mean to rain on your parade, just asking a question from a guy who owned 12 and 20 ga superlights from the pre salt era.
Cheers
Bill

Before long it will be an original...

All it needs is to get into the right hands.

I can't say how the gun trade uses the term, but, I hesitate to use the word "restoration", or "restore" to refer to any gun work that does not put everything back to original specs. As I see it, if everything is right except for one very minute detail that is changed, it's not a restoration. I'm not sure what a better term would be ........ maybe renovate, or refurbish.

Just me, YMMV.

SRH

The gun started out as a standard superpose. It has been "upgraded" to a pointer grade superlight. It looks to have been done to a high level.

Ken

I have no problem with what was done, and this one is superbly done. But I, personally, would not refer to it as a restoration. It is a well done upgrade, IMHO.

SRH

Probably use the same term used for cars: restomod.

https://www.goldeagle.com/tips-tools/what-is-a-restomod/

Great looking results, at any rate.

Bruce

What would you call a 1966 Corvette Stingray redone with disc brakes, shocks, crate engine, etc.? It's called a "Resto-mod" and is the hottest thing on the car auction market these days.

edit: Dang Bruce.....beat me to it...darn-it. Day late and a $ short.

When you do something like this to your kitchen, you call it remodeling. But vocabulary games are sorta boring. Shooting it would be a whole bunch more interesting.

Nice gun, Bob, and done in what seems like an amazingly short time. It would be good to see some favorite game and gun photos with it this fall, if you get the chance.

beautiful gun and great post! Thanks for sharing!