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Red label or citori

PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:04 am
by Mohawkwoodman
Ive always been a ruger fan most guns i own are ruger. Thn again i have one older browning total dangerous gun it would fire on safe with just a little bump, thats why it sits. Growing tired of always cleaning my 105 cti autoloader even after clean days in the field. I really want to get an over/under. Why looks, i never shoot at more then one bird a flock, i abuse the stocks and scratch up finishes but dont mind, i get dirty in the field, lots of rain and gunk will get in the gun.
So there we go my reasons for getting a break gun. Im sentimental to rugers dont trust my older browning, and the browning looks too flashy for something to drop birds with. Either way im lost on the fit and feel experiance thats where i need advice? My gunshop wont stock either because of price. It will be prepurchase before he will order it.

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:10 am
by Woody
Citori

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 7:59 am
by The Duck Hammer
Citori

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 11:15 am
by Duff Beer
That's funny. I've been wanting to trade my Charles Daly O/U for semi-auto

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 12:51 pm
by parsonrider
I do not know what model Browning you have, but if the trigger is that bad I would replace it or have a 'smith look at it. I wholly understand the wisdom of setting it aside. Me after looking at the Ruger at the gun shop, I would lean toward the Citori.

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:26 pm
by DeadEye_Dan
I noticed one thing shooting on the Sporting Clays circuit for a couple years...lots of Berettas and lots of Brownings with a few Krieghoff, Perazzi, Guerini, and Kolar's mixed in....can't recall ever seeing a Red Label.

I asked about it once and was told they don't hold up to the 10's of ,000's of rounds that get fired in that game.

It's always stuck in my mind...I'd go for Beretta or Browning if I was spending my $$$$

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 2:36 pm
by Rick
If I was spending Dan's money, I'd take a McKay Brown round action O/U: http://www.mckaybrown.com/www.mckaybrown.com/The_Over_and_Under_Gun.html

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:00 pm
by DeadEye_Dan
Dan doesn't have that kind of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewIt ... =448135190

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:07 pm
by Rick
Just squeeze the widows and orphans a little harder.

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:10 pm
by Duff Beer
40 grand!!!! :shock: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Fri Oct 17, 2014 3:32 pm
by IndianaMallard64
red label. havent shot the new one but I imagine its the same as the others

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 6:34 pm
by parsonrider
when I looked at the Red Label it fit really well, but I did not like the wood to metal fit. The wood was not flush, to me for a grand or better the quality should be good.

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 9:35 pm
by sws002
IndianaMallard64 wrote:red label. havent shot the new one but I imagine its the same as the others

Nope. Not even close.

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Sun Oct 19, 2014 10:13 pm
by IndianaMallard64
sws002 wrote:
IndianaMallard64 wrote:red label. havent shot the new one but I imagine its the same as the others

Nope. Not even close.


:(

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 3:38 pm
by R. Chapman
I like the slimness of the Red Label over a Browning but damn can those Brownings hold up. A guy I knew who has been shooting a BT-99 since day one when they came out has easily put over 500K rounds down the tube. And it's still going! Yeah he had to have it retightened but every gun will with that many rounds down the tube. Take that Browning of yours into a gunsmith and have him fix the problem once and for all. Buy once, cry once.

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 7:56 pm
by Mohawkwoodman
Visited the shop earlier he just put a used citori lightning on the wall. Feels Great mounting to my shoulder and cheek but man the break is tough you have to flick the lever and pull down the barrel. And a 26 barrel on it owner said add a few hundred for more inches. I found the browning choke pattern vs competition pic misleading with no data at all. Im thinking go American. But that citori sure feels great!

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 9:27 pm
by sws002
Mohawkwoodman wrote:Visited the shop earlier he just put a used citori lightning on the wall. Feels Great mounting to my shoulder and cheek but man the break is tough you have to flick the lever and pull down the barrel. And a 26 barrel on it owner said add a few hundred for more inches. I found the browning choke pattern vs competition pic misleading with no data at all. Im thinking go American. But that citori sure feels great!

If the break is tough, that's good. That means that baby is damn near new.

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:01 pm
by R. Chapman
sws002 wrote:
Mohawkwoodman wrote:Visited the shop earlier he just put a used citori lightning on the wall. Feels Great mounting to my shoulder and cheek but man the break is tough you have to flick the lever and pull down the barrel. And a 26 barrel on it owner said add a few hundred for more inches. I found the browning choke pattern vs competition pic misleading with no data at all. Im thinking go American. But that citori sure feels great!

If the break is tough, that's good. That means that baby is damn near new.

+1000 Shoot 500-1000 rounds of trap loads through it and it'll break in. :thumbsup:

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 11:17 pm
by ohhiitznik
I'm getting a red label for an upland gun.

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 12:25 pm
by R. C. Day
My only O/U is a Citori, love it, have 2 stocks for it, trap and field.

R.C.

Re: Red label or citori

PostPosted: Thu Jan 29, 2015 1:55 pm
by sws002
ohhiitznik wrote:I'm getting a red label for an upland gun.

Good luck. Looks like Ruger dropped them again.