Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this gorgeous over/under shotgun today for a penny-start auction, this is the Browning Superposed Lightning!
Manufacturer: Browning
Model: Superposed Lightning
Serial: 14075S69
Date of Manufacture: 1969
Caliber: 12 Gauge / 2 3/4 shells
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 30" Wide ventilated rib Barrel / top IC and bottom M
Optics/Sights: Front and middle white bead sights
Stock/Grips: Wood with diamond checkering
Action: Break-Action
Markings: Receiver engraved with scrolls
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
John Browning apparently began designing the Superposed (Over/Under) shotgun in 1922. It was his last firearm design and a labor of love. He conceived it as the last gun the government would ban from private ownership. Like most John Browning guns it is a complicated design. The great man never used one part when two or three could be made to work. On the other hand, those parts are lightly stressed and, like most Browning designs, Superposed shotguns are very reliable.
It was Browning's intention that the Superposed be the first affordable O/U shotgun. Previous O/U designs were bespoke guns built to order for the gentry. This goal was met when the gun was introduced, and the Superposed stayed reasonably affordable and reliable until the 1960's, by which time rising Belgian labor costs began to price it out of the market. In 1975 the Superposed was dropped from the regular Browning catalog due to the effects of inflation, but it is offered to this day in a myriad of grades or as a completely bespoke gun from the FN Custom Shop.
John Browning passed away in November of 1926, before some of the final details of the gun, in particular the single selective trigger mechanism that he wanted for the Superposed, had been finished. The gun was introduced in 1931 with double triggers. Browning's son Val kept working on the single selective trigger design, which he finally perfected. It was incorporated as the standard Superposed trigger in 1939. This trigger uses an inertia block mechanism. It doesn't balk and it doesn't double. The Browning SST remains one of the very best and most reliable such triggers ever designed.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Model: Superposed Lightning
Serial: 14075S69
Date of Manufacture: 1969
Caliber: 12 Gauge / 2 3/4 shells
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 30" Wide ventilated rib Barrel / top IC and bottom M
Optics/Sights: Front and middle white bead sights
Stock/Grips: Wood with diamond checkering
Action: Break-Action
Markings: Receiver engraved with scrolls
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
John Browning apparently began designing the Superposed (Over/Under) shotgun in 1922. It was his last firearm design and a labor of love. He conceived it as the last gun the government would ban from private ownership. Like most John Browning guns it is a complicated design. The great man never used one part when two or three could be made to work. On the other hand, those parts are lightly stressed and, like most Browning designs, Superposed shotguns are very reliable.
It was Browning's intention that the Superposed be the first affordable O/U shotgun. Previous O/U designs were bespoke guns built to order for the gentry. This goal was met when the gun was introduced, and the Superposed stayed reasonably affordable and reliable until the 1960's, by which time rising Belgian labor costs began to price it out of the market. In 1975 the Superposed was dropped from the regular Browning catalog due to the effects of inflation, but it is offered to this day in a myriad of grades or as a completely bespoke gun from the FN Custom Shop.
John Browning passed away in November of 1926, before some of the final details of the gun, in particular the single selective trigger mechanism that he wanted for the Superposed, had been finished. The gun was introduced in 1931 with double triggers. Browning's son Val kept working on the single selective trigger design, which he finally perfected. It was incorporated as the standard Superposed trigger in 1939. This trigger uses an inertia block mechanism. It doesn't balk and it doesn't double. The Browning SST remains one of the very best and most reliable such triggers ever designed.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Shipping Details
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