Browning Double Automatic Shotgun
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|name=Browning Double Automatic
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|origin=United States/Belgium
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|type=Shotgun
|is_ranged=yes
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|designer=Val A. Browning
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|manufacturer=Browning Arms
Fabrique Nationale
|production_date=1955–1971
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|weight=7 lbs 11 oz (standard)
6 lbs 14 oz (twelvette)
6 lbs (twentyweight){{cite web |url=http://www.bondbywater.co.uk/doc_uploads/product%20info%20docs/Browning/Browning%20Twelvette.pdf |title=Browning Twelvette (Double Auto) |website=bondbywater.co.uk}}
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|caliber=12 gauge
|action=Semi-automatic
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|feed=One shell chambered plus one shell in loading port
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The Browning Double Automatic Shotgun is a short-recoil operated{{cite web|url=http://www.chuckhawks.com/semiauto_shotguns.htm |title=Semi-Auto Shotguns |publisher=Chuckhawks.com |date= |accessdate=2013-05-25}} semi-automatic (auto-loading) 12-gauge shotgun with a {{frac|2|3|4}}-inch chamber. The firearm was produced between 1952 and 1971, with production volume of approximately 67,000. Production date amended from 1955 to 1952 according to direct information from manufacturer.
Description
All Double Automatic shotguns are 12 gauge. Various configurations were available for choke, barrel length, and barrel type.
The Double Automatic was offered in both aluminum and steel receiver configurations,{{cite web |url=http://www.browning.com/customerservice/dategun/detail.asp?id=33 |title=Browning Date Your Firearm - Double Automatic Shotgun |publisher=Browning.com |accessdate=2013-05-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130613083624/http://www.browning.com/customerservice/dategun/detail.asp?id=33 |archivedate=2013-06-13 }} with the aluminum receivers featuring a variety of finish colors.{{Cite magazine |url=http://www.gunsmagazine.com/1959issues/G1059.pdf |magazine=Guns |date=October 1959 |page=3 |title=The Gun That Receives Unstinted Praise From Its Severest Critics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505205251/http://www.gunsmagazine.com/1959issues/G1059.pdf |archive-date=May 5, 2012 |via=Wayback Machine}} The three versions offered include the Standard as the only steel receiver version, while Twelvette and Twentyweight used an aluminum receiver.
= Action =
This firearm features a unique loading port on the left side of the receiver.{{cite web|url=http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=256346#p2170764 |title=• View topic - Original Browning Double Auto Article! |publisher=Shotgunworld.com |date= |accessdate=2013-05-25}} As the first round is loaded, the shell is lifted by a mechanism and chambered by the bolt; once the bolt is closed, the lifting mechanism returns to the resting position below the loading port, where the next round can then be loaded. Upon firing the chambered round, the shell in the loading port is automatically chambered. The total capacity is two shells: one chambered round and one round in the loading port.
= Markings =
The Double Automatic shotgun has engravings on the left-rear of the barrel. Chokes are designated as:
: * Full choke, *- Improved Modified, ** Modified, **- Improved cylinder, **$ skeet, *** full bore
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlSPI8uuGPc browning double automatic loading and firing] via YouTube
Category:Semi-automatic shotguns of the United States
Category:Browning Arms Company
Category:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1955
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