THIS MONTH’S test looks at a new Browning 525 Composite distinguished by a polymer stock with adjustable comb and sparse, modernistic engraving. There is an adjustable trigger too, as well as an 8mm sighting rib with fine cross-hatched surface, and vented side ribs. The matt blacked monobloc barrels are steel shot proofed and equipped with long, flush-fit Invector Plus multichokes. At just under 7½lb, the gun is mid-weight for a 30in 12-bore over-and-under: light enough to walk with but heavy enough to handle bigger payloads if required.
First impressions of the Composite are dominated by its black syntheticcould easily imagine the Composite on a wet marsh or in a hide.
