Make: Browning, Manufactured by Miroku of Japan
Model: BPS (Browning Pump Shotgun) Field Model Engraved
Serial Number: 02768ZT121
Year of Manufacture: 2016
Gauge: .410 Bore, 2 ¾” & 3” Shells
Action Type: Pump Action Shotgun with Tubular Magazine
Barrel Length: 26” Vent-Rib
Choke: The bore is threaded for the Browning Invector-Plus choke system. A Full choke is currently installed. No additional chokes are included.
Sights / Optics: This shotgun is mounted with a steel bead set on a ventilated rib. The rib is checkered for glare reduction. The top of the receiver is serrated for the same purpose.
Stock Configuration & Condition: The stocks are two-piece checkered walnut with a grooved forearm, pistol grip, fluted straight comb, and Browning black plastic buttplate. The wood shows a few scattered faint marks, but nothing significant in terms of wear. There are no chips or cracks. The checkering is sharp. The LOP measures 14 1/8” from the front of the trigger to the back of the buttplate, which is clean with only a few faint marks throughout. The stocks rate in about Fine to Excellent overall condition.
Type of Finish: Blue
Finish Originality: Original
Bore Condition: The bore is bright with no erosion. In this writer’s opinion, the bore rates a 10 out of 10.
Overall Condition: This shotgun retains about 99% of its metal finish. The metal is clean with a few hardly noticeable marks throughout. The markings are clear and the pins are clean. Overall, this shotgun rates in about Excellent condition.
Mechanics: The action functions correctly. This shotgun both loads and ejects shells through the bottom of the receiver. There is a magazine cut off switch. The safety is conveniently mounted on the top rear of the receiver. We have not fired this shotgun. As with all previously owned firearms, thorough cleaning may be necessary to meet your maintenance standards.
Box, Paperwork & Accessories: None.
Our Assessment: The Browning BPS Model shotgun was introduced in 1977, and is still selling well nearly 50 years later. This example was manufactured in 2016, and is in Excellent condition. It’s the BPS Field Model Engraved, chambered in .410 ( 2 ¾” and 3” shells), and features a 26” vent-rib barrel with a Full choke, 99% of its original, lustrous blued finish, elegant “game birds in flight” panel scene engraving at each side of the receiver, elegant two-piece checkered walnut stocks with a Browning black plastic buttplate, strong mechanics, and a bright bore with no erosion. If you shoot left handed, the loading and ejection port is located beneath the receiver, eliminating the expense of a left handed pump and keeping the ejected shells from passing through your field of vision. This Browning BPS shotgun would make a terrific field gun.
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