Browning Citori

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Browning Citori

Browning Citori 525
Type double-barreled shotgun
Place of origin Japan
Production history
Manufacturer Miroku Corporation
Produced 1973 - present
Specifications
Barrel length 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-barreled shotgun of the "over and under" 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, and also upland bird and waterfowl hunting.

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.

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The Browning Citori has a single 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.

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.

Older Citori models have fixed chokes. Newer models have screw-in choke tubes that can be used with either lead or steel shot. Models with conventional barrels use Invector choke tubes, while models with back-bored barrels use Invector Plus choke tubes.

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