TomV Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 (edited) Browning medalist 12ga shot gun Based in west Yorkshire £395 Edited December 28, 2022 by TomV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 My apologies, but this is not a Browning. The Medallist is a perfectly good time proved shotgun, and well worth the money you have it priced as, but it isn’t a Browning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomV Posted December 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 22 minutes ago, Scully said: My apologies, but this is not a Browning. The Medallist is a perfectly good time proved shotgun, and well worth the money you have it priced as, but it isn’t a Browning. It is a browning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turkeychoke Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 (edited) Best of luck with the sale Edited December 28, 2022 by turkeychoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Scully is correct. Whilst Miroku make many Brownings, the guns bear the name "Browning". This gun does not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomV Posted December 28, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 I bought it as a browning medalist and it is on my certificate as a browning medalist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Watching and waiting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Sorry, but it is NOT a Browning of any description, and it matters not a bit what is written on anyone’s ticket. The only reason I point this out is that someone somewhere not knowing any better, could buy this believing they are buying a Browning shotgun…they aren’t because it isn’t. It has never been anywhere near the factories in Japan or Belgium. The Medallist was made by FIAS under license for the importers of Browning at the time, and sold by Browning, but it is not a Browning. It is a good, sound well made shotgun, but is NOT a Browning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddoakley Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Popcorn.... I think to word it differently might help? "Commonly referred to as a Browning Medalist" might help. It is not (or at least in my experience of many, many of these guns) marked anywhere "Browning". As commented above these are a good gun in their own right and adding the name Browning wouldn't improve anything. Edd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 The early ones were made by Zoli, the remainders by Sabatti (FIAS). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigteddy1954 Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 Hi folks just been on gun trader and all medalists on there come under browning why if they made at other company ?.cheers teddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 If they are trade adverts, the sellers should and do know better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 16 hours ago, Bigteddy1954 said: Hi folks just been on gun trader and all medalists on there come under browning why if they made at other company ?.cheers teddy It doesn’t matter what they ‘come under’, they were commissioned to be manufactured by the importers of Browning shotguns, sold by them but not made by Browning. As Gordon says, those in the trade advertising them as Brownings should and will know better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 (edited) 23 hours ago, Scully said: Sorry, but it is NOT a Browning of any description, and it matters not a bit what is written on anyone’s ticket. The only reason I point this out is that someone somewhere not knowing any better, could buy this believing they are buying a Browning shotgun…they aren’t because it isn’t. It has never been anywhere near the factories in Japan or Belgium. The Medallist was made by FIAS under license for the importers of Browning at the time, and sold by Browning, but it is not a Browning. It is a good, sound well made shotgun, but is NOT a Browning. This. 100%. Always was. But, yes, commonly known, indeed, as a Browning Medallist. And good enough quality to be sold by Browning. That's good enough a pedigree IMHO. The same as the .270 WCF rifles by Sako and another that were sold by Holland & Holland back in the day. If I was in the market for buying an O/U I'd have no hesitation in buying this one, known my most as a Browning Medallist. Add an apostrophe and an s and and Browning's Medallist is acceptable to all I'd say. Save the pedants. For that is what it was and is. A god gun sold by Browning as the Medallist. Thus indeed correctly Browning's Medallist model. Shortened by most to Browning Medallist. Good Luck with the sale TOMV. It's a nice gun. https://www.shootinguk.co.uk/reviews/shotgun/secondhand-browning-medallist-review Enjoy the attached image below. It says all that needs to be said IMHO. Edited December 29, 2022 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 The difference is in the price. I had a look on Gunstar, including recently sold. "Browning Medalist" sold from £295 - 525 (Average of £400). A Medalist sold for £160. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 30 minutes ago, enfieldspares said: This. 100%. Always was. But, yes, commonly known, indeed, as a Browning Medallist. And good enough quality to be sold by Browning. That's good enough a pedigree IMHO. The same as the .270 WCF rifles by Sako and another that were sold by Holland & Holland back in the day. If I was in the market for buying an O/U I'd have no hesitation in buying this one, known my most as a Browning Medallist. Add an apostrophe and an s and and Browning's Medallist is acceptable to all I'd say. Save the pedants. For that is what it was and is. A god gun sold by Browning as the Medallist. This indeed correctly Browning's Medallist model. Shortened by most to Browning Medallist. Good Luck with the sale TOMV. It's a nice gun. https://www.shootinguk.co.uk/reviews/shotgun/secondhand-browning-medallist-review Enjoy the attached image below. It says all that needs to be said IMHO. Is being concerned that someone may be deceived into believing they are buying a Browning pedantry, or just being accurate? It was NEVER called a Browning Medallist other than by those dealers trying to sell it; it isn’t even named as a ‘Browning Medallist’ in the advert’ you’ve enclosed! Anyhow, thanks for supporting my point. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomV Posted December 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 1 hour ago, enfieldspares said: This. 100%. Always was. But, yes, commonly known, indeed, as a Browning Medallist. And good enough quality to be sold by Browning. That's good enough a pedigree IMHO. The same as the .270 WCF rifles by Sako and another that were sold by Holland & Holland back in the day. If I was in the market for buying an O/U I'd have no hesitation in buying this one, known my most as a Browning Medallist. Add an apostrophe and an s and and Browning's Medallist is acceptable to all I'd say. Save the pedants. For that is what it was and is. A god gun sold by Browning as the Medallist. Thus indeed correctly Browning's Medallist model. Shortened by most to Browning Medallist. Good Luck with the sale TOMV. It's a nice gun. https://www.shootinguk.co.uk/reviews/shotgun/secondhand-browning-medallist-review Enjoy the attached image below. It says all that needs to be said IMHO. The advert says it all for me. In all instances I have seen it's sold as browning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted December 29, 2022 Report Share Posted December 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, TomV said: The advert says it all for me. In all instances I have seen it's sold as browning 😂 We must be looking at different adverts! It doesn’t even call it a Browning in the ad’! None so blind as those who don’t want to see, eh? 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 Anyone looking at this advertised gun will now be aware - if they weren't before - that it is not a Browning. I can understand why people advertise them as Brownings, but they are most certainly not. In the years that they have been sold, I am surprised no-one has reported a gun dealer to Trading Standards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted December 30, 2022 Report Share Posted December 30, 2022 8 hours ago, Gordon R said: Anyone looking at this advertised gun will now be aware - if they weren't before - that it is not a Browning. I can understand why people advertise them as Brownings, but they are most certainly not. In the years that they have been sold, I am surprised no-one has reported a gun dealer to Trading Standards. This. 👆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted November 5, 2023 Report Share Posted November 5, 2023 hello, as a side note, the medalist was imported by browning as a cheaper O/U to the range of shotguns at the time when the Browning HQ was on Milton Park estate , and i purchased the first Medalist shotgun when i was much involved with the original Oxford Clay Pigeon Club and the Gun shop, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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