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    Browning 525 Game Tradition Light

    Feb 16, 2023 3 minutes

    THIS month’s test gun is a 20-bore Browning 525 Game Tradition Light, tipping the scales at just under 6lb 5oz (so, light but not ultralight). It is distinguished by an American walnut stock, 30in barrels with a narrow rib, flush-fitting Invector Plus multichokes and an alloy action with scroll and game scene engraving. There is an inertia-operated single trigger and the usual Browning/Miroku top-strap safety-cum-barrel-selector. The gun came to us for testing courtesy of David Stapley from International Sports Brands, the agent for Browning International.

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