Browning double auto - floating a shell?

[TheCoachZed]

Can you float a third shell with a Browning Double Auto shotgun, as you can float the fourth shell with some other semi-autos?

Edit: Never mind. Apparently from what I've read the SECOND shell was the floater....

 

[The Pas Swamp Donkey]

Lol!

 

[The Pas Swamp Donkey]

I love the engineering of this gun (Val Browning). Note that there are no visible screws or protruding pins on the receiver. That takes some very clever work to do that.

 

[M12shooter]

Beautiful Twelvette Swamp Donkey. Yours?

 

[Dogleg]

Looks like mine. The twelvette is the only auto I've used that handles like a double, but its not like I've shot all of them.

 

[upnorth]

Autumn brown?? Tolex case?? ( drool, drool, drool...)

 

[The Pas Swamp Donkey]

Sigh! Not mine

I am looking for one , or an IC barrel for one. My friend has one with a FC barrel he will sell me at a reasonable price, but I want to shoot steel (albeit smaller steel shot ) with it, so nothing choked more than IC would be appropiate. Anyone know where you can get a barrel??

 

[M12shooter]

Epps in Ontario had one for sale a while ago...believe it was a two barrel set but might be wrong.

 

[canvasback]

Ducks, geese even a few turkey. I like it. But I don't know about floating a third shell.

 

[TheCoachZed]

Ducks, geese even a few turkey. I like it. But I don't know about floating a third shell.

So you've used steel shot in it?

I know Browning advises against it, same as their Belgium Auto-5s.

 

[canvasback]

So you've used steel shot in it?

I know Browning advises against it, same as their Belgium Auto-5s.

Nothing in my post says anything about steel shot.

I use lead where legal, bismuth and Kent tungsten. I don't shoot steel through anything...not my newer Citori or Wingmaster and not through my older guns.

 

[struff55]

Hence the name DOUBLE AUTO if you want 3 shells buy another gun very nice exsample of that model.

 

[TheCoachZed]

Nothing in my post says anything about steel shot.

I use lead where legal, bismuth and Kent tungsten. I don't shoot steel through anything...not my newer Citori or Wingmaster and not through my older guns.

Sorry, didn't mean to imply you were doing something stupid. I was just curious.

 

[TheCoachZed]

Hence the name DOUBLE AUTO if you want 3 shells buy another gun very nice exsample of that model.

I know what Double auto means. Again - I was curious.

Looks like it'd be a fun gun to shoot, but since I don't do skeet, all that would leave is crow hunting - kind of a waste to drag a nice semi-auto through that.

 

[M12shooter]

I know what Double auto means. Again - I was curious.

Looks like it'd be a fun gun to shoot, but since I don't do skeet, all that would leave is crow hunting - kind of a waste to drag a nice semi-auto through that.

I've shot a bazillion crows with my DA. They are great for high volume shoots as recoil is mild with 3 dram trap loads. Nice dry upland shooting.

My DA has shot a lot of sporting clays as well

 

[Covey Ridge]

I know what Double auto means. Again - I was curious.

Looks like it'd be a fun gun to shoot, but since I don't do skeet, all that would leave is crow hunting - kind of a waste to drag a nice semi-auto through that.

It is fun! The DA used to be a fine upland gun? Nothing has changed in that respect?

 

[canvasback]

Sorry, didn't mean to imply you were doing something stupid. I was just curious.

No offense taken. Was just trying to be clear.

As a few other posters have said, it's a nice gun. And I don't feel limited by just having the two shots. I rarely cycle the third shell through in my pump guns and mostly I use double barrel guns so am used to a two shot gun.