Cut barrels on Citori?

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I bought an older Browning Citori with 28" barrels for skeet. It has fixed chokes skeet/skeet.

When I was looking at newer models they felt heavy and then the guy at the store let me try a model with 26" barrels. The difference was amazing.

So, my question is this. Are the newer Citoris better balanced or would those two inches really make that much of a difference.

Just wondering if I should sell my Citori or cut 2" off the barrels and remount the bead?

Thanks for any help.
 
I've shot at least 2 rounds of skeet per week (quite often more) over the past two years with my 30 inch Citori. I wouldn't change it for the world. We are probably dealing with personal preferences here to some extent, but personally I wouldn't consider cutting the barrels on my gun, especially a gun already designed for skeet. I would be worried about changing the balance of the gun for one thing and I prefer a somewhat heavier gun. I find the swing is smoother and the long barrels seem to point better. Different strokes...
 
"I bought an older Browning Citori with 28" barrels for skeet. It has fixed chokes skeet/skeet."

"How many rounds of Skeet did you shoot with the 28's?"

Good question.

Also.....if you know....how many rounds of SKeet have you shot in total? Hazard a guess. Just curious about your experience level.

You're certainly welcome to do whatever you please but I'd sure recommend you leave those barrels just as they are.

If you're planning on shooting Skeet...I'd suggest you learn to shoot it with that gun WITH the 28" barrels. That bit of additional length and weight will...as Fred mentioned...help with developing a nice smooth swing.

26" barrels on Skeet guns have lost popularity many years ago. They seem to be kinda "whippy" to me. One used to see them all the time....now very rarely....at least amongst more serious shooters anyway. Sure they work...and good scores can be shot with them...but the trend has been to longer and longer barrels and 28" is really the minimum length most seen for quite some time now.

Do what you like....but I'd sure leave them just as they are and learn to shoot 'em.

Good luck.

And by the way....if you do cut those barrels down....you'll likely be decreasing it's resale value if you ever decided to try to sell it some day.
 
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Thanks for the help.

I didn't get out that much this summer and could only shoot trap up here in northern BC so that added another difficulty. I probably didn't shoot any more than 12 rounds of skeet so I might just need to get used to it. I've heard practicing at home shouldering it will help in muscle development.

Yes, it is a nice gun and cutting would be stupid.

Thanks again.
 
One of the things that really helped me learn trap and skeet, apart from shooting with others, talking with others and watching others, was reading Jerry Meyer's book (I have it loaned out to a friend right now.). He talks about each type of shooting, e.g. trap, skeet and sporting clays, in an economical and clear way. The skeet section describes body and foot position, gun hold point and where to take the shot etc. I found my game taking a big jump from averaging in the teens to averaging in the middle twenties after applying what he was saying and sticking at it. He does the same thing for trap in his book, again very helpful when starting out. It would be nice to have an instructor, but sometimes that isn't possible. Any good instructor will not only assign you reading, in my opinion, and adjust what they are teaching you to work with what you have learned, i.e. work with you, unless what you have learned is radically wrong, of course. No doubt you will find some changes you want to make yourself too... It aint all about the gun, that's for sure!!!
 
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