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The Browning Citori Hunter Grade I over/under superposed modern shotguns have a full hinge pin, low-profile engraved receiver, rugged looks, a great feature roster and more. The lineup spans 12-gauge, 16-gauge, 20-gauge, 28-gauge and .410 bore. Each has a 26” and 28” barreled model, and so there are 10 models total.

The 16 and 28-gauge guns have 2 3/4" chambers while the others have 3” chambers. In all cases, the chambers are chrome plated.

The polished blued steel receiver has hammer blow driven ejectors. The satin polished Grade I walnut forearm and American stock are beautiful. They have with 18 lines per inch (18 LPI) checkering. Citori is Browning’s upscale line of double-barreled shotguns, but within that, the Hunter Grade I is the least fancy, least expensive, and the one you can least worry about getting banged around.

You can get these guns with either a 26” or 28” length barrels. Each gun is 17” longer than its double barrels. Thus the 26” barrel models are 43” long overall while the 28” barrel guns span 45”. Weight ranges from the 20-gauge 26” barrel model that is 6 pounds 7 ounces up to the 12-gauge 28” barrel model that is 7 pounds 11 ounces.

With that summary, let’s dive into this interesting gun’s details. For starters, the gun is made in Japan!

The steel barrels are polished blued. The upper barrel is crowned by a 1/4" vent rib that runs its length. The length is serrated and checkered for glare reduction. Atop it is a silver bead front sight.

The 12-gauge and 20-gauge models use Invector-Plus flush chokes (full, improved cylinder and modified). These are Browning’s longest chokes. The others use Standard Invector flush chokes.

Moving back is a textured tang paddle release and serrated sliding safety/selector. And the stock is not just beautiful but superbly contoured with its highly functional American stock. At back is a thick, absorbent and comfortable recoil pad. Speaking of the back, the gun’s length of pull is 14 1/4" while drop at comb is 1 5/8" and the drop at heel is 2 1/2".

What else? The gun features finely detailed matte checkering within pennants on both the forearm and grip. The grip texturing reaches higher perhaps than normal on grips and then the surrounding pennant ends, but a line from each side runs to the top to make a “V” pattern behind the safety/selector. However, these guns lack sling swivel studs.

For each model, the steel trigger guard is tough, resilient and has an attractive polish blued finish. Inside is an alloy gold plated serrated trigger. It’s an inertia trigger. Each shot uses recoil energy to set up the next shot.

Of course, there are no magazines, so its capacity is two loads, one per barrel. While Browning is an iconic American brand, it’s actually owned by Belgian FN Herstal. Moreover, these Citoris are Made in Japan by Miroku Corporation.

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