December 16, 17, & 18, 2025 Firearms & Militaria
Lot #1444:
(M) BROWNING CITORI GRADE VII OVER/UNDER 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN.
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/16/2025
Circa 2002 per serial number. Barrel has a vent rib with steel bead front sight and typical Browning legends for a 12 gauge manufactured by Miroku with 3" chambers, Invector Plus chokes, and Special Steel designation. Choke tubes are marked with one hash and three hashes for Full over Modified. Round nose forearm with modified point pattern checkering and a Deely latch release engraved with scrollwork. Action engraved with vignettes of a trio of ringnecks mid descent on left side, an alerting pointer on bottom, and right with a second pointer alerting a pair of pheasants mid-takeoff; animals are gold inlaid, supported by acanthus scrollwork on a striated ground with hatch shading. Gold washed single selective inertia-driven trigger, non-automatic safety marked "S" ahead of tab, "O" and "U" on either side for selector position. Short tang round knob walnut stock with modified point pattern checkering about the wrist, fit with a brown Browning waffle pad. CONDITION: Excellent, very close to NOS, with some scattered handling marks and scuffs, likely shop wear. Stocks excellent with some minor handling marks, some scattered impressions at toe line and bottom of forearm. Mechanically fine, bores excellent. Breech face with very light haloing, and may be test fired only. Ejectors are soft but in time.
Length of Pull
14 - 1/4" over pad