This is an Fabrique Nationale (FN) gun made in 1922. It was not imported and sold as a Browning gun, but sold by FN outside the US. Two barrel sets are not common on these old guns, especially if they are both serialized to the gun. Recommend checking to make sure it is not a GradeII or higher grade. okg 979 is the weight of the barrel at time of proofing. The forearm serial number should match the gun, but the number on yours is not enough difference to say that it's a replacement. Every once in a while FN put out a gun with a forearm that was a close number but didn't match.
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The cast of 30 Barrels - 2014 includes: Isabel McComish as Beatrice
It was a plan about barrels, and everyone knows that Hobbits and barrels don't mix.
The empty barrels were dumped into the river. They were then collected by men and taken down to Laketown to be refilled and taken back up river to the elves.
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Depends on what the barrels are choked.
Browning first, then MidWest Gun Works.
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350 USD
Acier special means Special steel, and barrels marked this way are only on FN sales guns, not Browning. FN produced the guns for sale outside the US and were not imported to be sold by the Browning Co. The FN version is mechanically the same as the Browning version, but markings and finish may be different.
No, they are not.
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This goes back to the beginning of the auto 5 production in 1903. John Cockerill was a British Industrialist whose company supplied high quality steel to Fabrique Nationale (FN) which was the maker of the A-5. The Cockerill name was first used on Browning barrels stamped "cockerill steel". The steel was a very strong quality that met the proofing requirements of guns that were shooting smokeless powder. Eventually the Cockerill name was dropped from the barrels and "special steel" was used instead. The FN guns that were not sold to Browning in the US, uses the barrel stamp of "acier special" which means special steel in the French language.
No, due to the damage steel does to the barrels. Not recommended by Browning
Yes, cordy barrels were made in Belgium, under contract to Simmons Specialties, and the Browning Superposed Book has a chapter on these Yes, cordy barrels were made in Belgium, under contract to Simmons Specialties, and the Browning Superposed Book has a chapter on these