Factory Raymond Risack Signed and Engraved Belgian Browning Diana Grade Superposed Shotgun Three Barrel Set with Barrel Inserts and Cases
Manufactured in 1963, this gun is built with blued Special Steel barrels featuring dual white bead sights on the matted vent rib, light engraving at the upper breech, chokes marked modified/full (“**/*”), and 2 3/4 inch chambers with ejectors.
The barrels are fitted to a coin-finished action engraved in the Diana Grade pattern with flowing scroll designs surrounding four game scenes: a flock of mallards in a marsh on the right, a covey of pheasant in a wooded scene on the left, a pair of quail on the underside, and a pair of rabbits on the triggerguard, all rendered in fine detail with darkened backgrounds for contrast. The engraving is signed “R.RISACK” on both sides below the scene for FN engraver Raymond Risack.
The gun features a single gold trigger and a tang-mounted safety/selector with gold “S”, “O”, and “U” indicators. It is fitted with a beautifully figured, multi-point checkered Lightning forend with engraved fittings and a round knob long tang pistol grip stock marked “J/R/H” in the inscription oval, with a Browning recoil pad.
Included are two matching numbered barrel sets: one 20 gauge measuring 26 1/2 inches with modified/full chokes and 3 inch chambers, and one 12 gauge measuring 28 inches with skeet/skeet chokes and 2 3/4 inch chambers. Also included are three sets of barrel inserts (20 gauge, 28 gauge, and .410 bore) with their own ejectors, a case for the inserts, and a factory Naugahyde Hartmann takedown case for the gun and barrel sets.
Barrel measurements for the extra 20 gauge set (U/O): bore diameter nine inches from the breech .612/.613 inches; choke constriction .008/.018 inches; minimum wall thickness .038/.035 inches.
Barrel measurements for the extra 12 gauge set (U/O): bore diameter nine inches from the breech .725/.727 inches; choke constriction .005/.006 inches; minimum wall thickness .029/.029 inches.
Barrel and stock measurements (U/O): bore diameter nine inches from the breech .728/.727 inches; choke constriction .020/.038 inches; minimum wall thickness .028/.027 inches; 1 1/2 inch drop at comb; 2 1/4 inch drop at heel; 14 1/2 inch length of pull; weight 7 lbs. 9 oz.
Very fine overall, retaining 98% original blue and coin finishes with minor handling evidence, some freckling of discoloration in the coin at the top of the action and tang, a few minor scratches on the wood, replaced recoil pad, and crisp checkering on the stock and forend. Mechanically excellent. The extra barrel sets are very fine/excellent and the cases are very good/fine.
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