What is the value of a Browning superimposed trap gun?

Answer 1

Gun values vary greatly based on a number of factors, so pinning a number here in the Wiki doesn't make any sense. The Browning Superposed is a high grade shotgun that is valuable both for its shootability and its collector interest. Collectors are looking for "un-buggered" guns with original finish. The higher percentage of original condition, the higher the price. They are also interested in factory embellishments and rarity. Small gauge guns go for a lot more than 12 gauge. Sixteen gauges are least popular, generally. High grade guns go for a lot more than Grade I guns. If anything has been altered from the way it left the factory, that will diminish collector interest. Collectors have eagle eyes and know what things to look for. If the stock or barrels are cut, chokes reamed, polished or refinished, it's a shooter, not a colector gun. The price curves are not linear. A pristine Midas grade gun in .410 with all the trimmings will go for the cost of a fine car or small house. One that is well cared for but has signs of honest use might go for thousands less. Advanced collectors can't stand seeing one for sale that is better than the one they have in their collection and are ready to dig deep for the best. Shooters love Browning Superposed shotguns because they are so darned great to shoot, they are durable, they work every time, and they're classy. There are only a few over/under shotgun designs that will stand up to the thousands of rounds per year that a serious clay target shooter puts through them, and the Browning Superposed is the grand-daddy of them all. Shooter guns are valued on all of the above, but without the premium for original condition. If you're going to shoot trap and the gun has been ported, has an adjustable recoil pad and an adjustable comb, those are pluses. Refinished shooters are common. Those same things will make a collector put the gun down and move on. There are a number of gun auction websites classified websites for guns and websites of gun dealers. You can see "asking prices" on thse sites and get "selling" prices on the closed auctions. Specific points: The action must be tight or deduct the cost of fixing.

The stocks must be intact or deduct the cost of fixing. There are "salt-wood" guns where the stock wood was dried by Browning using a salt bath. These stocks harm the guns generally between 1964 and 1974 or so. Not every gun is affected. Round knob, long tang guns carry a premium. If you don't know what that is, you need to do more research before you start peeling off stacks of hundred dollar bills.