December 16, 17, & 18, 2025 Firearms & Militaria
Lot #1443:
(M) BROWNING CITORI GRADE VI OVER/UNDER 12 GAUGE SHOTGUN.
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 12/16/2025
Circa 2005 per serial number. Barrels with matted vent rib fit with a depressed mushroom front sight and legends for a Miroku manufactured 12 bore with 3" chambers, Invector plus chokes, and a Special Steel designation. Chokes are marked with one and three hashes for Full over Modified. Nicely figured walnut forearm with round nose, two panels of point pattern checkering, and a scroll engraved Deely latch release. Blued receiver engraved with vignettes of pheasant mid-flight on left side, an alerting pointer on bottom, and a second pointer on right side, alerting on a pair of ascending pheasants; 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. Well figured walnut stock in the short tang round knob configuration with point pattern checkering about the wrist, and Browning brown waffle recoil 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.