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New Browning 525 shotgun review
The new Browning 525 is a major improvement on the manufacturer’s Japanese-made range
New Browning 525.
The latest Browning game-gun is a significantly modified version of the 525 Hunter Classic.
Browning is one of the best-known gunmakers in the world and its products are immensely popular.
Although I have always been something of a Beretta man, having owned far more of them, I have immense respect for the Browning marque and the genius of the man who created it, John Moses Browning (1855-1926), a Mormon whose modest family business grew into an industrial dynasty because of his remarkable energy and creativity.
On the cosmetic front, its barrel shoulders are beaded, as is the top of the action, which gives a streamlined effect.
They are 3in- chambered, monobloc and chromed (demi-bloc barrels, as still seen in Belgian B25s were the norm in Japanese-made Brownings, too, until halfway through 425 production).
The basic 525 appeared some years back and, external action re-profiling apart, it was much like the 425, save for protective internal plating to the barrels (a useful change, as Brownings could be prone to internal rusting).
Some effort was put into improving the quality of trigger pulls (subtle modification rather than complete redesign).
The gun still had a full-width hinge pin and a slightly higher profile than some designs, and shot much like the 325s and 425s.
This 525, however, has had some major changes which set it apart not only from earlier 525s but from the all the Japanese-made Brownings yet made.
TECHNICAL DATA
The barrels of this new 525 are back-bored , which means they are wider than the norm for a nominal 12-bore.
Browning introduced this on other models with success but it has not been seen on the 525 until now.
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