In the full serial number, the 5 digit sequence build number is followed by a 2-letter code indicating the build year. These are followed by a 3-place alpha numeric code for the specific model. As an example, a full number should look like this: 26919MMT43 This would be a grade 1 Special Trap, made in 2000, build number 26919. Browning citori shotgun with browning superposed serial number. No, of course not. But your pictures didn’t show any markings other than the serial number. As far as I know, all Citoris have a date and configuration code along with it. If it doesn’t say Browning or Citori on it, it may be a pre-Browning gun made by Miroku. Take another look at it. Buck mark series superposed from 1960-1976 superposed waterfowl limited edition series fn/browning superposed citori series bt-99 series bt-100 series bss series cynergy series mid-production auto-5—fn manufacture standard weight late production auto-5—b.c. Miroku manufacture late production auto-5—b.c. Miroku manufacture 2000 series 80. The serial number is 35,xxx. The barrel has the 'BROWNING AUTOMATIC ARMS CO. OGDEN UTAH-U.S.A' mark on it. The serial number, according to browning, means that it was made sometime between 1901 and 1939. According to Browning, the barrel stamp indicates that it was among the first 10,000 shipped to the US.

Browning Citori
Type	Double-barreled shotgun
Place of origin	Japan
Production history
Manufacturer	Miroku Corporation
Produced	1973–present
Specifications
Barrel length	24, 26, 28, 30, or 32 inches
Caliber	12, 16, 20, or 28 gauge or .410 bore
Action	Break-action

The Browning Citori is a double-barreledshotgun of the 'over-and-under' or 'stacked-barrel' type, with one barrel above the other.

The Citori is manufactured in a wide variety of models, styles, and gauges to accommodate enthusiasts of clay target games such as trap, skeet, and sporting clays, as well as upland bird and waterfowl hunters.

The Citori is marketed and distributed by the Browning Arms Company in Morgan, Utah. It is manufactured for Browning by the Miroku Corporation in Nangoku, Japan.

Origin[edit]

The Browning Citori was introduced in 1973 as a more affordable version of the highly successful Browning Superposed. The Superposed, which was first sold in 1931, was the last completed firearm design by the famous small arms designer John Moses Browning.

In 1977, the Browning Arms Company was acquired as a subsidiary by the FN Herstal company of Herstal, Belgium, which continues to oversee operations today.

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The name 'Citori' has no meaning and is an advertising construct.^{[citation needed]}

Features[edit]

United States President Barack Obama firing a Browning Citori 525 on the range at Camp David.^[1] The side jet of smoke is from the ported barrel.

Browning Citoris come in all of the popular shotgun shell gauges, and are made in an over-under 'stacked' barrel configuration, with forends and buttstocks made from high quality walnut wood. Barrel lengths can be purchased from 26 inches for skeet shooting to 32 inches for sporting clays and trap shooting. The top barrel has a vented rib attached by soldering for the entire length of the barrel tube. Newer Citori internal barrels are chrome-lined for added surface strength. All metal parts are bright blued for the standard model. 'In-the-white' higher grade models with more elaborate machine-applied engraving can also be purchased. Rubber recoil butt pads (12 gauge) or plastic butt plates (sub-gauges) are standard. Citori actions are made with internal hammers and coil springs and all Citori models have shell ejectors, which expel spent shells when the breech is opened by pressing aside the top lever and bending the action fully open, which also re-cocks the internal hammers.

The Browning Citori has a single, gold-plated trigger. A barrel selector mechanism is used to choose whether the top or bottom barrel fires first. The barrel selector is combined with the manual safety and is located at the top rear of the receiver, behind the top lever. If the first shot misfires and the gun does not recoil, the trigger can be reset to fire the second shot. This is accomplished by moving the safety/barrel selector back to the 'safe' position and then forward to the 'fire' position, without changing the barrel selection. Opening the action does not automatically engage the safety mechanism.

Current Citoris feature screw-in Invector choke tubes to regulate shot patterns downrange and thus provide versatility for usage in hunting and target shooting. These can be used with either lead, bismuth, or steel shot. Older models had factory fixed chokes, and steel shot is not recommended for use with those.

Some newer 12 gauge and 20 gauge Citori models have back-bored barrels. These are barrels with slightly larger bore diameters. Their purpose is to improve shot patterns by reducing the friction of the shot charge on the barrel wall, while also reducing felt recoil. Models with back-bored barrels use Invector Plus choke tubes.

References[edit]

^President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md. White House, 2012-08-04.

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Performance test of Browning Citori Lightning Field Grade, Ruger Red Label, and Beretta Silver Pigeon, Gun Tests, January 1997Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
'Premier Competition STS Vs.Citori XS: We Prefer Browning', Gun Tests, August 2007Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine

External links[edit]

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