Browning Citori

[Mega]

I have in my hands my dads Borwning Citori Invector Plus, which I don't know a lot about, but he certainly liked it.

My dad passed a year ago and this gun went to another family member.
I asked to use it to shoot some sporting clays at Pintail Point, so I have it now.

Don't know a lot about this Browning, but it is a good bit lighter than my Mossberg Silver Reserve.
This one has a 26" barrel and what is odd is that after you break it, then close it, the trigger only drops the hammer once.
My Mossberg drops once, then when you pull the trigger a second time, the hammer drops again.

So why doesn't the Browning do the same?

 

[tigmaned]

slap the butt stock to reset the next trigger to fire the second barrel. take good care of your Dad's gun for him!

 

[MDMOUNTAINEER]

slap the butt stock to reset the next trigger to fire the second barrel. take good care of your Dad's gun for him!

this

 

[Cochise]

it is called an inertia trigger vs the mechanical trigger on your Mossberg. The Brownings inertia trigger is re-set by recoil.
The Citori's are great guns

 

[Mega]

Well that is pretty interesting...
So I'm guessing that when I shoot it, a butt stock slap wont be needed?

Pulled it out of the safe and it did just what you said.
Pretty amazing...

 

[Mega]

take good care of your Dad's gun for him!

No worries.
I will certainly do that.

 

[Mega]

it is called an inertia trigger vs the mechanical trigger on your Mossberg. The Brownings inertia trigger is re-set by recoil.
The Citori's are great guns

Ah... good to know.
Yea, pop loved this Browning.
I hope to break a lot of birds with it and have him smile down on me.

 

[trapture]

I have a older Invector (not plus) field over and under Browning. Is yours belgum or Japanese? I hate people who hate on the Japanese line, I love that gun.

 

[blackthorne]

All Citoris are made by Miroku in Japan. Belgian Brownings are called Superposed models. If you put the two side by side, you would see the difference, as the Superposed (new ones) cost 5X the price of a Citori. They are 100% made in Belgium and they do not utilize parts made in other countries (economy of scale).

Your Citori also has a selectable trigger operated on the safety so you can fire either the top or bottom bbl first. It should also have a non automatic safety, so if you hunt with it, make sure that you put the safety back on after firing it.

You have a good solid gun that will need no more than a $2 top lever spring after about 75,000 rounds. Bbls are a little short for sporting, but you might find a set of 30 or 32" bbls at some point.

 

[terryhimself]

At the time that Browning switched from Belgian to Japanese production, the shop that I worked for was a Browning warranty station. Our gunsmith was very worried about problems with the quality of japanese. firearms. After seeing and working on several of the newer shotguns he was greatly relieved. He felt that from a quality stand point
they were as good as ever and he felt the steel used was better.

 

[tim410]

I have in my hands my dads Borwning Citori Invector

What i want to know is how you were writing that with a shotgun in your hands

 

[Rockzilla]

Belgian Brownings they are "sweet"



-Rock

 

[Mega]

Is yours belgum or Japanese?

According to the barrel, it was made in Japan.

 

[JoeBobOutfitters.com]

The gun is a good one, although the barrels are a bit short for target work for most people's taste.

I shoot competitive shotgun, and see more Browning Citori/Citori XT's in the area than anything