My Browning 12G is STICKY!!!

[migrabill]

I have a Browning Silver in 12 Gauge with the rifled deer barrel. It has been deadly accurate on Maryland Deer. I went to pick it up the other day and the whole black Dura Touch is gooey sticky. It's gross. I googled it and found out that Browning fixes this issue for free. I went on line , filled out the form and in 2 minutes I had an email from them with a shipping label to send the shotgun to them. They will replace all the furniture on the gun and send it to me. Great and fast customer service. I am moving to Florida next year and will have no need for a rifled barreled deer shotgun. I think when I get it back I will just sell it. It was $1100 new. Pretty cool I got to kill 20+ deer with it and now it gets new furniture.

 

[coreydb]

I have a Browning Silver in 12 Gauge with the rifled deer barrel. It has been deadly accurate on Maryland Deer. I went to pick it up the other day and the whole black Dura Touch is gooey sticky. It's gross. I googled it and found out that Browning fixes this issue for free. I went on line , filled out the form and in 2 minutes I had an email from them with a shipping label to send the shotgun to them. They will replace all the furniture on the gun and send it to me. Great and fast customer service. I am moving to Florida next year and will have no need for a rifled barreled deer shotgun. I think when I get it back I will just sell it. It was $1100 new. Pretty cool I got to kill 20+ deer with it and now it gets new furniture.

Don't sell if you're going to have the wood replaced...You're bringing in back to its former glory

 

[migrabill]

Don't sell if you're going to have the wood replaced...You're bringing in back to its former glory

That's exactly why I WOULD sell it. It will look fantastic and I will have NO NEED for it in Florida.

 

[coreydb]

That's exactly why I WOULD sell it. It will look fantastic and I will have NO NEED for it in Florida.

 

[SCLawyer]

Same thing happened to my BPS 10g. They replaced it. A year later, I dropped it on a turkey hunt. The weld from the barrel to the o-ring around the magizine broke. I told them exactly that, and they replaced it again. Kudos to Browning.

 

[Ridge Runner]

I have a Browning Silver in 12 Gauge with the rifled deer barrel. It has been deadly accurate on Maryland Deer. I went to pick it up the other day and the whole black Dura Touch is gooey sticky. It's gross. I googled it and found out that Browning fixes this issue for free. I went on line , filled out the form and in 2 minutes I had an email from them with a shipping label to send the shotgun to them. They will replace all the furniture on the gun and send it to me. Great and fast customer service. I am moving to Florida next year and will have no need for a rifled barreled deer shotgun. I think when I get it back I will just sell it. It was $1100 new. Pretty cool I got to kill 20+ deer with it and now it gets new furniture.

. Or while Browning has it....you might order a smooth bore barrel for it and now you have a need for it.

Then again.....to hear tell, ...some of them snakes in Florida get rather big. A good slug gun could come in handy.

 

[analog_peninsula]

Before you get too excited about Browning customer service, you should probably know it took a class action lawsuit to force them to fix the vast number of defective finishes they sold to customers, myself included. They originally tried to shine on everyone even though they clearly knew the finishes were defective.

 

[Cabelcan]

Honestly, I'd call that a win. You got years of use out of the gun, took more than 20 deer with it, and now it's essentially getting a cosmetic refresh. Not many manufacturers are willing to support a finish issue that long after the original purchase.

 

[Rubberhead]

They have hogs in Florida...I can't think of a better gun for that...

 

[migrabill]

That's true. My buddy down there hunts them and says he will take me whenever he goes... but... He tells me they run them with dogs and then sneak up behind them and stick them with a knife!

They have hogs in Florida...I can't think of a better gun for that...

 

[Rubberhead]

That's true. My buddy down there hunts them and says he will take me whenever he goes... but... He tells me they run them with dogs and then sneak up behind them and stick them with a knife!

He doesn't sound very smart...maybe show him about guns. haha.

 

[BeeMaa]

That's true. My buddy down there hunts them and says he will take me whenever he goes... but... He tells me they run them with dogs and then sneak up behind them and stick them with a knife!

I’d pass on that activity and opt for a firearm.

Had a friend in GA who wanted to spot-and-stalk hunting for hogs. He refused to use my tree blind that I’d used to harvest about 10 hogs from, but I was able to convince him to take my pistol as backup.

He shot a hog with his compound bow at 40 yards. With an arrow sticking out of its shoulder, it charged him. He dropped the bow and emptied the pistol magazine into it. Scored 4 hits including a head shot. It stopped less than 5 feet from him with razor sharp tusks.

Hogs are not to be trifled with. I’d be taking an AR with a backup pistol.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I have a Browning Silver in 12 Gauge with the rifled deer barrel. It has been deadly accurate on Maryland Deer. I went to pick it up the other day and the whole black Dura Touch is gooey sticky. It's gross. I googled it and found out that Browning fixes this issue for free. I went on line , filled out the form and in 2 minutes I had an email from them with a shipping label to send the shotgun to them. They will replace all the furniture on the gun and send it to me. Great and fast customer service. I am moving to Florida next year and will have no need for a rifled barreled deer shotgun. I think when I get it back I will just sell it. It was $1100 new. Pretty cool I got to kill 20+ deer with it and now it gets new furniture.

@migrabill
While they are putting me furniture on it why not ask about a shotgun barrel with interchangeable chokes to go with it. That way it can go with you and you have a very versatile set up then.
Bob

 

[RedTag]

I got out my Nikon range finder the other day and the “rubber” coating was similarly all gooey and tacky feeling. I wonder if it is a similar substance. I got it in 2010. Really not a fan of these so called modern materials. Good old wood and iron never done me wrong.

 

[mdwest]

That's true. My buddy down there hunts them and says he will take me whenever he goes... but... He tells me they run them with dogs and then sneak up behind them and stick them with a knife!

I’ve personally killed dozens with spears and knives and been party to hundreds being hunted that way..

You definitely don’t sneak up on them…

It’s a very chaotic affair.. with lots of pig squeezing, dogs barking, dogs growling, etc..

Basically a group of bay dogs are released.. they run through the woods looking for pigs… once they are on to one they start communicating either each other with distinctive barks that tell the others to converge and a group of them will start the process of bringing the pig to bay..

Once bayed, the hunter will move toward the pig.. once close, depending on the size of the pig, one or two “catch” dogs are released.. they latch onto the pig and will stretch him out for the hunter..usually one will grab the pig by the neck or snout and the other will grab it by the ass or a rear leg…

The hunter then approaches and puts the blade through the heart/lungs and finishes the pig off..

It will definitely bring your inner caveman out..

I put together a veterans group at least once a year (sometimes twice) of about a dozen guys and we dog/knife hunt them over a 4 day period… it’s not uncommon for us to dispatch 8-10 pigs a day that way… we’ve been fortunate a few times and gotten a dozen or more in a single day…

@Goopy came along for the experience a couple of years ago… we had a great time..

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

That's exactly why I WOULD sell it. It will look fantastic and I will have NO NEED for it in Florida.

@migrabill .
Everyone needs a shotgun
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

That's true. My buddy down there hunts them and says he will take me whenever he goes... but... He tells me they run them with dogs and then sneak up behind them and stick them with a knife!

@migrabill
You don't sneak up on a pissed off hog with a knife that's bailed by dogs. You run in grab it by the back leg, flip and stick. Exciting when your young and fit not so easy old and worn out.
Always handy to have a shotgun in that scenario. Takes the fight out of them real quick.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I’d pass on that activity and opt for a firearm.

Had a friend in GA who wanted to spot-and-stalk hunting for hogs. He refused to use my tree blind that I’d used to harvest about 10 hogs from, but I was able to convince him to take my pistol as backup.

He shot a hog with his compound bow at 40 yards. With an arrow sticking out of its shoulder, it charged him. He dropped the bow and emptied the pistol magazine into it. Scored 4 hits including a head shot. It stopped less than 5 feet from him with razor sharp tusks.

Hogs are not to be trifled with. I’d be taking an AR with a backup pistol.

@BeeMaa
I used to hunt them with a mate and his dogs and a knife many moons ago when I was young, fit and silly. Not now. Older, slower and smarter.
My dad used to crawl thru lignum tunnels with a 455 Webley and a tomahawk. When he ran out of bullets he would hit them in the head with said tomahawk. Once again young, fit and silly.
Bit fun.
Bob

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

I’ve personally killed dozens with spears and knives and been party to hundreds being hunted that way..

You definitely don’t sneak up on them…

It’s a very chaotic affair.. with lots of pig squeezing, dogs barking, dogs growling, etc..

Basically a group of bay dogs are released.. they run through the woods looking for pigs… once they are on to one they start communicating either each other with distinctive barks that tell the others to converge and a group of them will start the process of bringing the pig to bay..

Once bayed, the hunter will move toward the pig.. once close, depending on the size of the pig, one or two “catch” dogs are released.. they latch onto the pig and will stretch him out for the hunter..usually one will grab the pig by the neck or snout and the other will grab it by the ass or a rear leg…

The hunter then approaches and puts the blade through the heart/lungs and finishes the pig off..

It will definitely bring your inner caveman out..

I put together a veterans group at least once a year (sometimes twice) of about a dozen guys and we dog/knife hunt them over a 4 day period… it’s not uncommon for us to dispatch 8-10 pigs a day that way… we’ve been fortunate a few times and gotten a dozen or more in a single day…

@Goopy came along for the experience a couple of years ago… we had a great time..

@mdwest
Trying to speak in on a pissed off pig is akin to trying to sneak in the door drunk when the wife is home.just ain't going to happen and dangerous.

I did find the best way to come home drunk tho.
Walk thru the door and slam it shut, turn the lights on and yell out loudly, honey I'm home and feeling frisky get your gear off.Garrantee she will stay asleep.
Bob

 

[migrabill]

Ok Guys. I shouldn't have used the word sneak.