A red plastic foresight is fitted and they usually had a small brass mid-sight added as well.Ĭhambers are for standard 70mm cartridges. It is cross cut with small crescents to reduce glare. The top rib is approximately 8mm wide and is ventilated for the same reasons. The side ribs are ventilated to reduce weight and keep the gun cool. Certainly the 20 gauge version is available as fixed or multichoke. And although most I have seen have been multichoke, I believe they were made in fixed choke as well. The gun is available with either 28" or 30" barrels.
The barrels themselves are built on the now almost universal monoblock principle.
#What color are browning medalist grips full
Lock up is provided by a full width locking bolt in the bottom of the action that engages with a bite cut in the bottom of the barrel lumps. The build up of the action, though is typical Italian, with a shallow action frame dictating that the barrels hinge on stub pins set in the side of the action walls. The selector works in the same way as the other Browning/ Miroku guns, with the safe button itself being used to choose which barrel should be fired first. Also similar is the sear lifter come selector block.Īs the B25 was the first mass produced OU gun, I guess it could be said that most modern guns borrow something from this original thinking. That comparison starts and finished with the fact that the hammers pivot at the bottom of the action, and the sears are suspended from above. In fact the Medallist could be said to owe some of its pedigree to Browning, in that the basic layout of the mechanism is loosely along the lines of the B25. And certainly the current Medallist is a simpler gun mechanically speaking. But they were perhaps a little too complicated for their own good. I don't think they were dropped in favour of the new one because of any detrimental problems. And in fact I have one tucked away in my gun cabinet at the moment. The medallist started life in the mid eighties and was originally made by another maker the name of which, escapes my memory at the moment. Today the guns are made by Fias, and have been for about the last 12 years or so. Unlike all the other guns that are made by Browning, either in Belgium or via Miroku in Japan, the Medallist is made in Italy. It is not actually made by Browning at all, but is simply distributed by them. The August article on the website below will cover the Browning Nomad (first year actually 1961) and later this fall I am going to do an article on the Medalist with detailed pictures of a Standard, Goldline, Renaissance, Type II International, consecutive matched pair of Goldline Medalists, an original (1 of 7) 1963 Full Coverage Renaissance Medalists.The name Browning Medallist is somewhat of a misnomer. The Challenger grip is identical to the early narrow Challenger grip except there is finish in the checkering. The second is like the typical Medalist grip except it wasn't checkered. One Medalist grip is two piece with no finish. Two Medalist grips and one Challenger grip. I have three proto-type grips from 1960 with a letter of authenticity from Browning. I suspect there were very, very few left handed Goldline Medalists made and FN may have had extra left hand goldline grips left and a set made it onto your pistol.Īn interesting side note. No doubt a GoldLine Medalist grip on a standard grade, but I wouldn't worry the least about it.
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