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What's the story on the Browning double which is "finished" by Lebeau-Courally? What action is it, etc.???
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I believe the guns are made by Lebeau-Courally FOR Browning. Sounds like some good-ol' Cajun boys.
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FN sold sidelock ejector guns in the past, I recently saw a beauty. I think that they were made in house. L-C has been making the current Browning side by side for about 8 years now. Don't know whether it ever sees the inside of the FN factory or not.
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Tom, I've only seen one "in the flesh", and I can't say I was overly impressed, for the money. L-C has been making sidelocks for quite some time, so I expect it's built on their own action, although I suppose it's possible they came up with something different for Browning.
I used to think the Miroku-made BSS Sidelocks were pretty good buys, but prices on those have been going up a lot lately--although the 12's are still competitive with the AyA #2 and most other entry-level Spanish sidelocks.
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The info from Browning says "finished by Lebeau-Courally," which seems an interesting way to put it.
I have a 16ga LC sidelock, and it's stunning.
Of course, the new LC sidelocks start at $40,000 or so, I think.
So, if the Browning is a real LC sidelock, it's a steal. The "finished by" makes me wonder if it's not made somewhere else, then sent to Belgium for finishing.
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You can bet your bippy on it, Tom. Else it would proudly say 'Made in Belgium'.
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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Might be on the right track as non-Belgian made. I know that some Brit makers, at one time, were getting in Spanish actions and barrels, finishing them, and putting their name on the guns. (Never a big thing, and I don't think any of it is going on now.) That's one way to produce a "British" or "Belgian" gun for way under market price.
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