Browning Maxus

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Hi just wondering if anyone had anything good or bad to say about these guns.I dont know much about semi shotguns but looking for one for trap andhunting any words of wisdom would be appreciated thanks.
 
Hi just wondering if anyone had anything good or bad to say about these guns.I dont know much about semi shotguns but looking for one for trap andhunting any words of wisdom would be appreciated thanks.

All good here but I have not shot mine very much either but so far so good.Love how it fits;)
 
Love mine, will cycle anything, good recoil on the 3 1/2" shells, could shoot them all day. Must be 2000 rounds threw mine and never a hiccup yet! Definately worth the money!
 
Bought a 3" hunter model 26" bbl and am very happy with it. Fits me extremely well, cycles everything and is a fast, agile, accurate shooter. Build quality is top notch and you can tell that a lot of thought went into the design. Easy to take down and clean.

I wasnt fussy about the typical Browning clear coat finish so I stripped it off and gave it an oil finish. This really suits the gun and imho is a big improvement.

I also splurged for a slug bbl. It will cloverleaf Hornady SST slugs at 50yds-damn impressive!
 
Bought a 3" hunter model 26" bbl and am very happy with it. Fits me extremely well, cycles everything and is a fast, agile, accurate shooter. Build quality is top notch and you can tell that a lot of thought went into the design. Easy to take down and clean.

I wasnt fussy about the typical Browning clear coat finish so I stripped it off and gave it an oil finish. This really suits the gun and imho is a big improvement.

I bought the same. Do you have any pictures of the new finish? I'm not 100% on the gloss either.
 
Have put a few hundred rounds of target shells through my new Hunter,love it so far. It is a VERY easy shotgun to take down and clean.Comes apart in about 8 pieces,very nice fit and finish too. I like the gloss on mine. My sporting clays scores have got better with this gun.
 
I didnt buy the maxus because of the job they had on the choke and the loose fore-arms,left the gun store with a SX3.As the guys pointed out there are guns that are ok,down here also,this is what I saw,and doesnt represent thousands of Maxus shotguns.The gun has a nice barrel,throws very good patterns,from what the owners say,I have no doubts about that.It has a very good job at the forceing cone,from what I saw.
 
Picked up a Maxus Carbon Fibre Sporting and very happy with it. Easy to custom fit with the stock spacers and a quick swinging soft shooting gun. No problems with a loose forend as mentioned above although I did notice a little play in a wood stock version that I looked at prior to buying mine.

Can be easily a double duty gun for both Sporting and field if desired.
 
I on the other hand have had issues with super light target loads.

Regular 1 to 1 1/8oz 1200+fps target loads didn't give any issues. However we tried some reduced recoil loads (7/8oz, 1180fps), they didn't have enough oomph to cycle.
 
I picked up a 3" Maxus stalker 28" bbl this summer as an all around, do anything, rainy day, steel shot capable lender gun etc, etc, etc.
4 flats of Top Gun 1 1/8 1200 fps thru it so far at 5-stand Skeet and Sporting with no issues and it cycles my 1 oz 1150 fps reloads just fine too.
I have no complaints other than being a southpaw, the odd empty hits my right forearm on occasion.
I'd like to see that Super too as I am down to 3, but Rem3200, yer too far away from Mb to take a quick gander and that dohickey on the butt, well... But 28" bbls bored Skt /Skt !!!
 
No issues with light loads in my Carbon Sporting and gobbles them all up without a burp.

As for that Superposed. I'm the VP of the Lunenburg club so anybody wants to give it a spin send me a PM and drop by the club.

Rem3200, yer too far away from Mb to take a quick gander and that dohickey on the butt, well... But 28" bbls bored Skt /Skt !!!

That " dohickey " known as a Morgan Pad is actually very nice to use and allows a lot of adjustment for personal fit. Your apparently to young to appreciate fixed choked guns for their designed purpose - breaking clays.

Please use a PM rather than rob this thread on the Maxus virtues.

Cheers.
 
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As for that Superposed. I'm the VP of the Lunenburg club so anybody wants to give it a spin send me a PM and drop by the club.

Rem3200, yer too far away from Mb to take a quick gander and that dohickey on the butt, well... But 28" bbls bored Skt /Skt !!!

That " dohickey " known as a Morgan Pad is actually very nice to use and allows a lot of adjustment for personal fit. Your apparently to young to appreciate fixed choked guns for their designed purpose - breaking clays.

Please use a PM rather than rob this thread on the Maxus virtues.

Cheers.

I didn't in any way mean to cause you offense Rem3200, quite the opposite. I am a huge fan of the Superposed hence I do own 3 per my statement.
While I did remark on the dohicky( morgan pad) it was meant in jest as it is non- original but the exclamation marks after the bbl length and choking was meaning I like that combo.
I'm not too young to appreciate my favorite Superposed lightning skt/skt produced in 1959(same year as me) that I have owned for 20 odd years. Other than my Sporting gun and now the Maxus, the plethora of shotguns I have owned were all fixed choke like the 80% of the ones I retain.
As your insult to my age and my appreciation/knowledge of choking in shotguns, was public, I respond in kind.
However, I do believe you may have reacted in what you thought was my slighting you and I trust with this explaination we may not become enemies but friends.
Tim.
 
I bought the same. Do you have any pictures of the new finish? I'm not 100% on the gloss either.

I dont mean to hijack this thread but here is a crummy pic as per your request.
fyi, once finish is removed you will see that a coat of stain was applied to stock by Browning. A light sanding brings out the natural wood. Mine has low grade walnut - I've seem some recent ones at the dealer with much better.

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