Browning Maxus Sporting vs Weatherby Athena IV Shotgun

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Shotguns Browning Maxus Sporting Weatherby Athena IV Shotgun
Summary
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Rank
#21991
#106302
Action Semi-Automatic
Capacity 4+1
Caliber 12 GA
Finish Black Synthetic
Gun Type Shotgun
Details
Brand Browning Roy Weatherby
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Prices
MSRP $1,662.74 $2.00
Used Price $1,163.92 $1.40
Sale Price $1,496.47 $1.80

Shotguns Descriptions

Browning Maxus Sporting

MAXIMUM RELIABILITY. MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE. Real-world reliability is the most important feature any manufacturer can build into a firearm. Thats why it was the first priority when we set about developing the Browning Maxus. The Power Drive Gas System is designed to perform under harsh hunting and shooting conditions with a wide array of loads. But reliability isnt the whole story. The Maxus delivers 18% less felt recoil for greater comfort, 44% less muzzle jump for more accurate follow-up shots, 19% faster bolt speed and 24% faster locktime than the nearest competitor. Unequalled reliability and features, all found in the finest, most reliable gas-operated autoloader ever to swing on a bird.

Weatherby Athena IV Shotgun

Introduced in 1989 and manufactured in Japan. Brass bead front sight, single selectable gold washed trigger and tang mounted safety. The receiver, side plates, trigger guard, forearm hardware and break lever have light floral scroll engraving with a gold crown on the break lever. Threaded for choke tubes with improved cylinder/modified installed and 3 inch chambers with ejectors. Mounted on a fancy checkered walnut forearm and pistol grip stock with a rosewood grip cap and a factory recoil pad. The length of pull is 14 1/8 inches. Excellent. The shotgun retains 99% of the original blue finish with a few light handling marks. The nickel is excellent with a couple of very light handling marks. The wood is excellent with some light handling marks and a small pressure ding on the left side of the forearm.

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