Browning Citori
type of double-barreled shotgun
The Browning Citori is an over-under double-barreled shotgun. It is marketed and distributed by the Browning Arms Company in Morgan, Utah, and manufactured for Browning by the Miroku Corporation in Nankoku, Japan.
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.
Origin
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.
The name "Citori" has no meaning and is an advertising construct.
Features
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 (66 cm) for skeet shooting to 32 inches (81 cm) for sporting clays and trap shooting. The top barrel has a vented rib attached by soldering for the entire length of the barrel tube.
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