Early 1950's Browning Light 12 Gauge Shotgun Potentially for Sale

Drew

Drew

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I inherited a 1950's Browning Light 12 a couple of years ago. I cleaned it up and used it last year off and on. I shot well with it and it performed well. I refinished it but didn't get several scratches out of the wood, so I will most likely go over the wood again and do a better job. That said, after I get the wood cleaned up a bit, I am contemplating selling the gun and am curious whether someone on this forum would be interested?

It has two barrels, one is a 27” modified and the other is a 30” full choke.
 
The beauty of varnish is you can sand it with a fine grade of sand paper and put more on. Thin the varnish with paint thinner the first coat probably 2 ounces of thinner to 2 ounces of varnish. Dont glomb it on go thin. I varnished teak for 25 years on my sailboat and never ever left a run in it.
 
Not really interested but, had the opportunity to trade for one a while back. I was impressed at the weight and feel. Came up good but looked to have aftermarket wood so I passed.
 
I have three shotguns and don't need but one and a backup. I shoot the Browning reasonably well but I have a Remington that I shoot really well with and right before I gained the Browning I picked up a new Stevens Auto and I really like that gun.
 
You mentioned the scratches. When you remove the finish, get in those divots with a tooth brush and really clean out the old stuff. That's part of the reason they show up so clear. Next you need to raise the grain in the scratches. I always used a iron and a damp rag. Place the rag on the scratch and heat it with the iron. A steam iron would probably work the best, but I never had one. The wood should now feel rough . Sand lightly and repeat if needed.
 
Actually, if I was going to own and use the gun I would sent the furniture off to a firearm refinisher to have the wood redone and get professional job. Might be worth the money and a lot less hassle. I think you would be looking at about $400, give or take.
 
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Drew said:
I inherited a 1950's Browning Light 12 a couple of years ago. I cleaned it up and used it last year off and on. I shot well with it and it performed well. I refinished it but didn't get several scratches out of the wood, so I will most likely go over the wood again and do a better job. That said, after I get the wood cleaned up a bit, I am contemplating selling the gun and am curious whether someone on this forum would be interested?

It has two barrels, one is a 27” modified and the other is a 30” full choke.
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Question: What would you sell the gun "As Is" right now?
 
Without thinking much about it…..somewhere around $500 not much more than that
 
It’s a shotgun that would have more than a few folks interested, but you will really need to get some quality photos of every little bit of it. When I buy on gunbroker there needs to be a dozen or more close up photos before I really consider a purchase.

There are lots of these available, I just checked and gunbroker has 264 Browning Light 12s for sale. One in similar condition as yours sold for $550 with 19 folks bidding on it. It had 41 photos.


Good luck.
 
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