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Thanks to all for the contribution of info. The promotion piece posted by Researcher is the gun. Only this Lightning weighs 7# 2.8oz. on the digital scale. All else looks the same except for a lousy ill fitted crusty vintage recoil pad placed on to tame the wallop of the 3" mag it's labeled to be able to shoot. RMC


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Originally Posted By: ed good
an pre war superposed have a fit, finish, look and balance that is unlike the post war guns...sadly, many of the people who created these fine guns were lost in the war...their gun making skills have never been replicated.


Disagree a bit on the post-war/pre-war quality. As Idahobob says above the high water mark of the Superposed is in the late '50s, not before the war. Older is not always better; the Italian gun trade is a classic example of this, as it's better right now than it's ever been.

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A true "Lighning" model will have the all wood forend with no steel cap at the front. We are assuming your gun has the all wood forend with no cap.

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Here are the pictures --



The 3" certainly doesn't seem to match the other lettering. I don't have a gun of this vintage to compare the lettering to. Anyone else?






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Researcher, Thanks for posting the photos. The stamped 3" is still a mystery as to whether it is a Browning mark or a secondary market stamp. Does anyone have a 3" stamp on their Belgium Browning O/U or even on an early Browning 5 auto? When did the Auto 5 come in 3" chambering? RMC


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OK, here is a shot.
The Brownings were made in Belguim and have proofmarks.

Please check to see if the 76mm mark is present.

You may have to remove the forearm.
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Removed the forearm. Proof marks did contain an open oval with 12-70 on both barrels were the only numbers present. The 12 being gauge and the 70 maybe 2 ľ length chamber. Probably not an original 3", but mention was made that Browning had a US service center that would open the chambers on request. As mentioned to Bob and Researcher, the forcing cones seem to rougher than the balance of the chamber as in they were not polished when the chambers were cut. Forcing cones appear to be elongated and not abrupt as I would think they would be.


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