Okay, interesting is stretching it. Check his description of the gun, NRA Very Good and the checkering which he says is "creative checkering (not too bad really)". It should be the poster child for bad checkering.

Browning Superposed

Wow, that is wrong in so many ways.

In general that gun has been "rode hard and put away wet". I guess the owner thought that would excuss the butchery. Too bad.

That gun could easily be turned into a really nice piece....the Dbl triggers and the fact that it is most definately a pre-war gun make it worth looking into as a project gun....angelo Bee is still doing work and this would be a PERFECT candidate for a D5-G engraving pattern...1-piece forend and straight "Swan-belly" stock...Could all be done for under 10K....Look at a new B-25 20ga...www.basspro.com 32K!!!!

JW

Jeff,
I sent the owner a private message asking a few questions about the condition of the rest of the gun and he has not responded. It all depends on the general conditon of the rest of it. You could eat up a lot of money rebuilding this one.

The double trigger on the early superposed was a gem of a trigger. It was called a "twin single trigger" and was invented by Val Browning and received a patent in 1933. You selected the barrel you wished to fire first by the trigger as in any double trigger. The difference lies in the concept that with this system you could use the same trigger to then fire the remaining barrel. The front trigger would fire the lower barrel first and then on the second pull it would fire the upper barrel. If you chose the rear barrel it would of course fire the upper barrel first and then the lower. The normal type of double trigger was standard. I have not recieved an answer as to the configuration of this trigger.

I envisioned also a straight stock but without the perch belly only I was going to do a three piece forend. They are difficult to do but I like the slim feel of them. I also like the way the bottom slides on the plane between the upper pieces.

Kyler, you have to wonder what the guy thought he was doing when he "customized" this gun. In retrospect, I remember as a kid revamping some stocks into some hideous creations.

Chic,

I ended-up with the gun. The guy that owns it is out this week deer hunting which is why you didn't hear from him.

Figured that for this price there wasn't too much risk...worse case is that if it is un-fixable (I've yet to see a Superposed that was)we'll keep it out at the ranch and use it for a "Beers and Clays" musket!

Otherwise, I'm going to get Angelo to do a D-5G modified version that was drawn back in '62 by Andre Watrin (page 223 of the Superposed book)...I'll go with a round-knob stock as that's most likely how the gun left the factory back in the 30s. 3-piece forend and French-grey finish to round-out the whole job.

Should be a cool gun when completed.

JW

Good job Jeff. They are never unfixable. Should be a nice project gun for you.

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Originally posted by Jeff Wemmer:
Chic,

I ended-up with the gun. The guy that owns it is out this week deer hunting which is why you didn't hear from him.

Figured that for this price there wasn't too much risk...worse case is that if it is un-fixable (I've yet to see a Superposed that was)we'll keep it out at the ranch and use it for a "Beers and Clays" musket!

Otherwise, I'm going to get Angelo to do a D-5G modified version that was drawn back in '62 by Andre Watrin (page 223 of the Superposed book)...I'll go with a round-knob stock as that's most likely how the gun left the factory back in the 30s. 3-piece forend and French-grey finish to round-out the whole job.

Should be a cool gun when completed.

JW

Jeff when you get this one finished, post a pic for us. I'm sure a lot of guys would really like to see it restored, I sure would.

Will do!

JW

Yeah, a couple before and after photos would be great.

Kyler