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MIKE THE BEAR
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MIKE THE BEAR
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I've had a Browning BSS and a Winchester Model 23 at the same time. Still have the Model 23. Does that tell you anything?
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You picked incorrectly? 
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I like the one with the dual triggers, oh wait they're both single triggers... I'll pass on both.
Approach life like you do a yellow light - RUN IT! (Gail T.)
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I dislke both, even on all three of the judges score cards, a draw.
The way I see it according to the responses, some kind of hard to decipher,
We have;
4 votes for the Winchester.
4 votes for the Browning
5 votes for a draw.
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I had both BSSs and 23s in 12 and 20 gauges and, a 23 in 28 gauge, and I thought they handled and shot more alike than different. The only one I have left is the BSS Sporter 20 gauge with 28" barrels. They were both more in the American style designed for heavier loads, than the English game gun style, even the small gauge 23s. I tend to shoot heavier loads so they were good for me. Never had a seconds trouble with either, but the BSS was my favorite.
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I've had a Browning BSS and a Winchester Model 23 at the same time. Still have the Model 23. Does that tell you anything? Nope. There could be any number of reasons you still have it. You could have paid too much for it and now are upside down, or you can't find a buyer because they sell for twice as much as the same quality BSS, or it fits you and you shoot it better. Why don't you tell US why, Mike? This IS a gunfight.  SRH
May God bless America and those who defend her.
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Haven't owned either, but have had a few BSS first cousin Miroku SxS variants including my present Western Field. (with a NICE set of 30" chopper lump barrels with the chokes beginning their tapers 9 1/4" from the muzzle)
Just want say this is a fun discussion thread idea. Looking forward to the next edition!
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Can't vote because I never had a 23, but hunted upland in Vermont with a straight-gripped BSS 20/26" for one season. Found it kinda clubby and heavy for that work and traded it for a Fox Sterlingworth 16. Much better.
Among the cheaper Japanese doubles, I like the SKB/"Ithaca" 100. Ugly but it works and the ones I've shot were appropriate weights for their guages. Under-rated, IMO.
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MIKE THE BEAR
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Bob, Stan,
Both guns were 20ga with 28" barrels.
Let me count the ways;
1. Browning was "clubby" feeling as mentioned above, Model 23 was a more fluid handling gun with more of it's weight between the hands
2. Model 23 was better looking
3. Used both on grouse and pheasant hunting. From a walking/ready position, Model 23 came to the shoulder/cheek smoother and scored more often.
4. Patterned both and the Model 23 had more evenly distributed patterns with both size 7.5's and 5's.
Outside of that, there wasn't any difference!
I've nothing against Brownings and own several. The BSS just didn't cut it in comparison to the Model 23.
Now if I were to have to choose which of my guns I'd keep to the end, A couple of Parker Reproductions would get the nod.
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