Newbie questions about Browning Citori shotgun storage and dryfire.

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Hi,
I just purchased a Browning Citori Satin Lightning today.

I am totally new about O/U shotgun (was a Rem 870 guy).

I have couple questions:

1, Can I dry fire the O/U?
2, What is the best way to put the Citori to storage?
For example, take it apart or leave it assembled?
If I leave it assembled for storage in a gun case, should I
dry fire both barrels to release tensions on whatever the firing mechanisms?

I could not find the answers from the user manual.

Thank you very much.
 
I have a Citori too,nice shotgun. I was told by a Browning rep it dosent hurt in the least to dry fire the gun occasionaly,like after you clean it. Since it has inertia firing spring/pins,you'll need to put the saftey on,off,then on again to dry fire both barrels. You can store it apart too,which will relieve the springs of any tension.
 
Thank you very much, Roblack.
You've been very helpful.

One more question:
In the manual, it says that excessive oil put in the action may cause the wood stock absorbing
the oil and turn soft. Eventually, the stock may loosen up.

Is this true? Anyone has experienced this before?
 
Absolutely true. I haven't made that mistake myself, but I've seen the evidence in many an old long gun that was oiled excessively and left in storage in the vertical position (butt to the ground, barrel pointed to the sky).

The oil gradually leaks down until it reaches the wood. When the oil soaks into the wood, the wood softens and turns black.

After cleaning, a light application of oil is all that is required.
 
Thanks you so much, straightshooter.

I have wipe the exccess oil last night with a cloth after I read the manual.
Too bad I cannot give the oil bath (received by most of my guns, like 1911 and such) to my Browning.

I did the same thing to my browning BL-22 several times, but the stock was OK (not soft, shrink or anything), but turned darker indeed.

OK. I will keep the Citori with minimum oil.
 
Thanks. But that may increase the chances to damage the muzzle end.

Anyway, I wipe it again, and take it apart (barrel, forearm, and buttstock), and lay it flat in the gun case.
I guess that I am OK now:D.

Now I should change my user name to RemingtonMarlinBrowning. A little bit too long though:dancingbanana:
G P said:
You can store it barrel down as well.
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I also want to report that the action in my new citori plain model is quite stiff, which is mentioned in the user manual due to the extremely limited tolerance in mating parts (according to Browning).
 
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I have owned and operated over and unders for 38 yrs now. Brownings, Win 101's, Classic Doubles, Berretta, Ithaca.

I have stored them in apart in there factory cases, but most of the time they are stored assembled standing muzzle up, "lightly oiled", emphsis on the lightly oiled, you won't have problems with oil leaking into the wood if there is no excess oil to run into it!!

I also have snap caps for all my shotguns, and dry fire the pins down on the snap caps before puting the gun away, this takes the tension off the internal springs. You don't have to do this but all us obsesvive compulsive type folks do it as we believe it's best for the gun.

Everything aside, Regularly cleaning your gun after each use and lightly oiling it and storing it in a well ventilated dry location is the best thing you can do for any gun.
 
I also want to report that the action in my new citori plain model is quite stiff, which is mentioned in the user manual due to the extremely limited tolerance in mating parts (according to Browning).
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It will start to loosen up after you fire a few thousand rounds.
 
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