I just bought my first Browning Citori from a good friend who owns many many guns! I can't seem to find any information on it and was hoping to get some help and a little history on it. It's called a 525 Light Field. Serial # xxxxx MW 131. It's a 12 gauge with a 28" barrel. Beautiful shotgun!! Does that mean it was manufactured in 2004?. It was still new in the box. Never been fired. Any idea on the value as well. Thanks
Congratulations on your new Citori. I've admired my friend's 525 for several years. Very pretty and easy to hit with. MW is the code for 2004. As for value, I found an auction on Gunbroker for a used 525 Sporting that's up to $1250. I imagine a similar condition Field model would go for less, but yours is NIB, so I'd add a couple hundred to whatever the Sporting sells for -- until you start shooting it. http://www.gunbroker.com/item/701804576
Thank you very much! He paid 1700 for it new but he got it at Gander Mountain so he probably overpaid for it. I bought it for 1300. We've known each other a long time and he bought my son's new AR-15 sight unseen when my son had to sell it. I was wondering if I could use the extended Invector Plus chokes on it or should I ask that in a different part of the forum?
Evidently Browning used 3 different choke systems for the Citori. According to the manual (Available here: http://www.browning.com/content/dam...ers-manuals/2016/16-BFA-160_Citori OM_WEB.pdf) the proper style is stamped on the right side of the barre.
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