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Over/Under (Pics)

Post by herb » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:48 am

Sharing some pictures of a recent addition. Does not have the character of some of my 100+ year old hammer guns but it is a nice gun. 12ga, 30" barrels.

It is a Browning Superposed Pigeon, made in Belgium in 1956 and signed by the Browning master engraver Felix Funken.

I was never into O/U's and just have a Beretta for my occasional skeet. From my research over the last few days I learned that Browning discontinued the Superposed a few decades ago as it was too expensive to make economically. The gun is still offered as a custom gun from their Belgium custom shop. It has peculiar design as as the fore-end remains with the barrels when the gun is dismantled.

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Post by ckkalyan » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:28 am

:shock: Wooo Hoooo! What a superb piece of equipment - work of art! Enjoy, Herb! :skeet: Drool!

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Post by Bhargav » Mon Jul 30, 2012 4:57 am

That is a beauty man.

I recently got into trap shooting and would love to get a silver pigeon someday :)

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Post by TC » Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:53 pm

Congrats Herb. Great gun.

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Post by Vikram » Mon Jul 30, 2012 8:59 pm

Herb,

That is a lovely gun as with most of your guns. 30" barrels and a single trigger.Nice configuration.


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Post by sa_ali » Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:33 pm

Browning Superposed, thats one of the best O/U that one can own. Excellent Gun, congrats man.

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Post by brihacharan » Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:42 pm

[quote="herb"]
Sharing some pictures of a recent addition. Does not have the character of some of my 100+ year old hammer guns but it is a nice gun. 12ga, 30" barrels.
It is a Browning Superposed Pigeon, made in Belgium in 1956 and signed by the Browning master engraver Felix Funken.
The gun is still offered as a custom gun from their Belgium custom shop. It has peculiar design as as the fore-end remains with the barrels when the gun is dismantled.

Hi Herb,
> What a 'Beauty' :D
> 30" barrels & Single trigger - best combo one can get!
> Congrats!
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Post by .338 lapua » Tue Jul 31, 2012 2:13 pm

amazingly beautiful ,superb....friend's envy owner's pride.....!!!!! :D
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Post by The Doc » Tue Jul 31, 2012 6:47 pm

Beautiful ! Thanks for sharing.

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Post by Ganesh TT » Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:42 pm

u should be proud to own such a master piece. thanks for sharing.
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Post by Sakobav » Thu Aug 02, 2012 6:20 am

Congrats Herb this is a classic shotty a beauty

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Post by jayanta mukherjee » Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:27 am

Herb you are a teaser man!!!!!!! Just kidding. ANyways a very beautiful piece you have there and of course :cpix: . WOuld love to see you both in an outing together, you know what I mean..........
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Post by Sathieshkumar » Fri Aug 03, 2012 5:31 pm

lovely gun ...nice man.

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Post by Katana » Sat Aug 04, 2012 8:32 am

I was going through the 'Coronation Edition' of Ghoolamhasan Allibhoy's (Bombay dealers, and very popular in the '30's) catalogue this past week. A Browning O/U with double triggers was on offer for Rs.80!

Very similar to your possession.
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Post by ckkalyan » Sat Aug 04, 2012 4:39 pm

Katana wrote:I was going through the 'Coronation Edition' of Ghoolamhasan Allibhoy's (Bombay dealers, and very popular in the '30's) catalogue this past week. A Browning O/U with double triggers was on offer for Rs.80!

Very similar to your possession.
Wow! It is really an eye opener when we step back a pace or two, isn't it?! Good observation :D Katana :cheers:
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