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What features define a Browning Lightning? Not the White Lightning or Gran Lightning?
Is it the thinner forend and rounded knob on the pistol grip? Looked at a Citori earlier today with the thinner forearm and rounded knob on the pistol grip. Could have sworn it was a Lightning, but was told it was just a 'field gun'. Gun intrigued me as it was a 16ga, 28" with screw chokes (not sure if they were invector or invector plus


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What did they want for that 16? And yeah it's a lightning...mb


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Back in the late 80's they made runs of the Citori in 16 ga with std invector chokes ,same ones used in the Sweet 16 made about the same time. Now days the new 16 ga. Citori has Invector plus choke tubes. The pow grip with round knob and slimmer forend is a real plus to me on these guns..mb


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Cabela's here has a Grand Lightening, pretty fancied up on the engraving in 16ga that's sorely tempting. Good thing I spent my gun money already this year.


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Lightning has been the model name of those O/U with round knob and thinner, often somewhat rounded for ends since introduced in the Superposed decades ago. Gran, White, Feather, and whatever other added wording is added is used to designate other features to the Lightning model such as upgraded wood, silver receiver, alloy receiver, et al. The Lightning is generally considered a field gun though it has been used on occasional runs of "target" models over the years.

I'm not aware of any 16 ga Citoris using anything but standard Invector chokes though my familiarity with the newer guns ends around 2018 so there may be a change in newer models. The newer semiauto uses the DS system which is different than Invector+.

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Originally Posted by Magnum_Bob
What did they want for that 16? And yeah it's a lightning...mb

$1099 was the asking price.

Went back after reading the inputs to this thread and whittled the guy down to $1K. Maybe too much, maybe not. I'm happy with it.

FWIW, this one has std invector chokes.


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I think you did well on price. That is what I paid for my latest which was pre-Chinese flu. For $1000 I might have been tempted to pick it up even though I have two 16 ga Citoris already.

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Good job WIFowler and I think you got a great price..mb


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That sounds terrible. You’ll probably hate it. It most likely won’t even work. I might be willing to take it off your hands just to ease your pain. You know, with me being a philanthropist and all. 😏

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Well, I have no regrets.

Probably take it out pheasant hunting next weekend. With it came with 3 invector chokes, I have a set of Briley Spectrum chokes that I bought for my Hunter Gr I that I'll probably use.


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