Everything you'd expect in a high-performance skeet shotgun, including a silver nitride receiver, high-post rib, a ventilated side rib and barrel porting. Features a satin-finished walnut stock with an exaggerated right-hand palm swell and a semi-beavertail forearm with deep finger grooves, providing maximum swing control and has an adjustable comb. A standard feature of the Citori XS Skeet is HiViz Pro-Comp sights and the Triple Trigger System.
-Gauge: 20
-Barrel Length: 28"
-Chokes: Skeet, Skeet and Improved Cylinder
-Chamber: 2 ¾"
-Avg. Weight: 7 lbs. 6 oz.
-Overall Length: 45 1/2"
-Drop at Comb: 1 7/8" Adjustable
-Drop at Heel: 1 7/8" Adjustable
-Length of Pull: 14 3/8"
-Rib Width: 3/8"
Features :
Automatic Ejectors - A strong spring-loaded hammer blow, fires the Browning ejectors. The sharp hammer strike gives you more forceful ejection than the push imparted on competitor's ejectors.
The automatic ejectors eject fired shells when the breech is opened. Unfired shells are elevated for easy removal.
Barrels-All Citori 20 gauge shotguns feature back-bored barrels and the Invector-Plus choke tube system. All Browning target shotguns feature barrel porting. The shooter benefits from reduced recoil and because the porting is toward the topside of each barrel, barrel jump is reduced as well.
Chrome Chambers-All Citori shotguns feature chrome-plated chambers for corrosion resistance.
Hinge Pin-The Citori is the only over and under available to feature a transverse-mounted, full-width tapered locking bolt. The tapered locking bolt engages a full-width tapered recess in the rear barrel lugs. The taper allows the bolt to seat deeper over years of wear. It's the reason people say a Browning wears in, not out.
Additionally, the full-width locking bolt and massive lugs ensure true barrel alignment and resist barrel torque, the natural tendency for the action to open during the shot.
On the Citori, a full-width hinge pin extends from one side of the receiver to the other for maximum strength.
Safety-Manual thumb safety, combined with barrel selector mechanism.
Safety Lock-All Browning firearms are shipped with a free trigger lock, cable lock, padlock, or chamber lock to assist you in the safe storage of your firearm.
Sights-The features the HiViz Pro-Comp sight system. This system consists of eight different interchangeable colored light pipes so the bead can be adjusted to match varied light conditions or shooting styles.
Trigger – The hammers are powered by a strong coil-type mainspring, which gives certain primer ignition. With the barrel selector, you can choose which barrel fires on the first pull of the single trigger. The second pull fires the remaining barrel. All XS Series models are supplied with the Triple Trigger System: three interchangeable trigger shoes, a wide checkered surface, a wide smooth surface, and a narrow smooth canted surface.
Rib Selection: The XS Skeet utilizes high-post ribs keeping the shooter's head high on the stock, allowing a fast, unobstructed view of the target.
A ventilated side rib on this model helps cool hot barrels in the heat of competition. Some shooters like the slightly reduced wind resistance-a special advantage in windy weather.
The information below comes from our Gun Caliber Dictionary and is for
general reference only. It does not describe the specifications of this
particular item.
The 20-gauge follows the 12-gauge as America's second-most popular shotgun gauge. And, with modern shotshells, continues to gain ground. The 20-gauge has a bore diameter of .615-inch, with modern shells in either 2 3/4 "standard" or 3-inch "magnum" length. Most modern shotguns are chambered to handle both. Payloads vary from light-recoiling 5/8-ounce loads all the way to heavy turkey loads carrying 1 5/16 ounces of shot. Standard 2 3/4" loads for targets and upland birds are normally 7/8 or one ounce. At its very best the 20-gauge does not have the capability of a 12-gauge...but with modern shot, wad columns, and chokes it doesn't give up much, and it can be built into a much lighter shotgun developing less recoil. Virtually all manufacturers offer 20-gauge guns, and they are available in all action types and for virtually all shotgunning sports. The 20-gauge joins the 12, 28, and .410 as one of four events in skeet competition, and is becoming increasingly popular for sporting clays.
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Craig Boddington
