| Browning Citori | |
|---|---|
| Type | Double-barreled shotgun |
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Miroku Corporation |
| Produced | 1973–present |
| Specifications | |
| Barrel length | 24, 26, 28, 30, or 32 inches |
| Caliber | 12, 16, 20, or 28 gauge or .410 bore |
| Action | Break-action |
I have a Browning Citori Over/Under Shotgun Serial Number 46716 under Lever. Can't find any information on Date of Manufacture. I checked Browning site with no avail. Buy Browning Citori Parts Factory replacement gun parts, accessories and gunsmithing service on most manufacturers including Browning, Winchester, FN America, Beretta, Benelli Franchi, Stoeger, Remington, Bushmaster, Marlin, Sig Sauer, HK and many more. The Type II - Straight Receiver refers to the Citori built between 1978 and 1982. These firearms will contain one of the following letter designations: RP, RN, PM, PZ, or PY, within the serial number. This version resembles the original Superposed model in which the stock panels mate to the receiver.
The Browning Citori is a double-barreledshotgun of the 'over-and-under' or 'stacked-barrel' 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, as well as upland bird and waterfowl hunters.
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.
Origin[edit]
Browning Citori Serial Number Location
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.[citation needed]
Features[edit]
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 for skeet shooting to 32 inches for sporting clays and trap shooting. The top barrel has a vented rib attached by soldering for the entire length of the barrel tube. Newer Citori internal barrels are chrome-lined for added surface strength. All metal parts are bright blued for the standard model. 'In-the-white' higher grade models with more elaborate machine-applied engraving can also be purchased. Rubber recoil butt pads (12 gauge) or plastic butt plates (sub-gauges) are standard. Citori actions are made with internal hammers and coil springs and all Citori models have shell ejectors, which expel spent shells when the breech is opened by pressing aside the top lever and bending the action fully open, which also re-cocks the internal hammers.
The Browning Citori has a single, gold-plated 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.
Current Citoris feature screw-in Invector choke tubes to regulate shot patterns downrange and thus provide versatility for usage in hunting and target shooting. These can be used with either lead, bismuth, or steel shot. Older models had factory fixed chokes, and steel shot is not recommended for use with those.
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. Models with back-bored barrels use Invector Plus choke tubes.
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- ^President Barack Obama shoots clay targets on the range at Camp David, Md. White House, 2012-08-04.
- Performance test of Browning Citori Lightning Field Grade, Ruger Red Label, and Beretta Silver Pigeon, Gun Tests, January 1997Archived 2013-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- 'Premier Competition STS Vs.Citori XS: We Prefer Browning', Gun Tests, August 2007Archived 2008-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
External links[edit]
The production of the Citori over/under shotgun began in 1973. It has gone through many configurations in the years and is currently still in production.
Browning Citori Serial Number Lookup
To locate where your serial number is located, you will need to refer to your owner's manual. We have most owner's manuals online.
When Was My Browning Citori Made
| Date | Historic Information | Serial Number Info | |||||
| 1973-75 | In 1969 Browning started using two digits for the date of manufacture which was followed by one of the following codes: H=12 ga. N=20ga. Later the code was changed to J=both gauges This was then followed by the serial number beginning with 00001. Example: 00001H37 = A 1973 Citori 12 ga. shotgun with a serial number of 00001. | H=12 ga. 37=1973 | |||||
| 1976-1997 | In 1975 Browning standardized its serial number identification which it follows to the present day.
| Serial Number Example: 1000RT153 This would be a Citori 12 ga. 3' Gr.1 Hunting, manufactured in 1976 with the serial number 01001. | |||||
| 1999 - Now | In 1998 Browning redid the standardization of its serial number identifications to work with its new database program, Oracle.
| Serial Number Example: 01001NN131 This would be a Citori Shotgun, manufactured in 1999 with the serial number 01001. |