flippermaj Posted November 29 Report Share Posted November 29 I have come across a tidy used Browning BPS (synthetic model). However I have a question about the fore end. On the underside there is an elongated U shape milled out of the fore end so that when it is racked back that part of the fore end does not cover the ejection port. When I shoulder the gun my natural hand placing partly covers this elongated U shape and I am concerned that my hand may partially block the ejection port when I cycle the gun and prevent the empty case from being ejected properly which in turn may hinder the new cartridge getting loaded. Does anyone have any experience of this? I am not bothered if the empty case bounces off my hand or anything like that, I just want to make sure that it will still cycle properly! The dealer also had a brand new Hatsan camo pump. Now this was pig ugly but did shoulder and cycle very well.......any body got any feed back on these? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyH Posted November 29 Report Share Posted November 29 I have a Hatsan pump in black synthetic, it’s a 410, but it cycles and shoots and mounts very very nice! My S/A escort 12Bore also cycles very well, even 21g carts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Skellen Posted November 29 Report Share Posted November 29 Hi there. I used to own the Browning BPS stalker, black synthetic with the same furniture that you are looking at. Like yourself I held the forend quite far back, covering the U shaped cut and it didn’t impede the function of the gun in any way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippermaj Posted November 29 Author Report Share Posted November 29 Cheers Captain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippermaj Posted November 29 Author Report Share Posted November 29 Captain, looking at the loading shell lifters, can you run a bore snake up or down the barrel or do you have to take the barrel off to clean it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Skellen Posted November 29 Report Share Posted November 29 Hi there. You can clean the bore with the barrel in place, but it’s easier just to take the barrel off. In the manual that’s as far as Browning advise that you go with cleaning. I’ve taken the gun completely apart, trigger assembly, shell stops,bolt and forend assembly, easy enough to do. However putting it back together can be quite fiddly. What happens is both shell stops have to be aligned with the trigger assembly, and one or both don’t align with the trigger assembly and they fall out when swinging the trigger unit back into place. It can be very frustrating and time consuming. There’s a YouTube video that I came across showing an easy way to do this using a small nut and bolt and a piece of string ! It works too. They are in my view the best pumps that you can get now, although very infrequently available in the UK. I’ve owned over the years pretty much every pump available. I’m currently down to one pump now which is a Custom Winchester model 12 Skeet , vent rib, cutts compensator, and fancy custom stock and forend. The gun I always wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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