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Holy Cow Chuck, you have 4 BSS shotguns--you can only shoot one at a time, right?? I guess it boils down to: How many guns is enough? Just a few more....haha
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I also have four BSSs, two in 12 and two in 20. Only problem is one of the 12's needs a set of 26" barrels because I used its 30" barrels to convert my Sporter 12 to a 28"/30" two-barrel set. Did the same thing with a Daly (Miroku) 500 that I stumbled into an extra set of barrels for. One of my BSS 20s is a 26" Sporter and the other will become a 28" Sporter as soon as I get the new wood and tang fitted and finished. Oh, and then there's the Miroku 500 20 gauge/28". These are absolutely fabulous guns for the money.
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BSS, the "black chrome" finish was used on the other popular Japanese sxs of the same period, the SKB imported by Ithaca. Or at least it was early on. Later ones were blued.
Chuck, re BSS weight . . . when you say 6 1/4 to 6 1/2 for a 20ga, that sounds light to me for the standard PG/BT model, but about right for the Sporter with its straight grip and slimmed down forend.
I think all the Japanese sxs are good buys on the used market. The SKB's are lighter, as are the Miroku-made Charles Dalys, in comparison to the BSS. (And most of the Dalys are double trigger guns, which some people prefer.) Hard to go wrong with any of them, as long as they haven't been badly abused.
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The BSS likely is as strong as a Winchester 21 and handles similarly. Why else would Browning have made a 7-pound, 20-gauge gun?
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My 1984 BSS 3" 20 gauge Sporter IC/MOD weighs 6# 9.1oz. I have never weighed a 20 BSS that was less than 6&1/2#'s. They are excellent shotguns.-Dick
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I stand corrected on the average weight. I had weighed only two of the 20s. One was 6 1/4 the other 6 1/2. The lower being a 26"sporter. It appears to me that a lawyer designed the wallthickness of the barrels.
Last edited by Chuck H; 02/14/12 10:05 AM.
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BSS, The photos below are what I use to measures bores, chokes and chamber lengths. An inside caliper and a 1" micrometer. If you're careful they can be damned accurate and give you repeatable measurements. Measuring chamber length, put in past the forcing cone to measure bore diameter, then do the same at the muzzle. Using a micrometer to measure caliper for bore or choke diameter. Steve
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Guys,the serial # is 7790A57,can anyone tell me when it was built?
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Just called Browning,1975!!!!
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