Browning B-ss Owners Manual

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manufacture, we have endeavored to incorporate the very
finest 
in materials and craftsmanship, and with just reason
able care, 
this gun should provide you with many years of
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YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
FOR FIREARMS SAFEIY
Please let us remind you that, as a gun owner, you
accept a set of responsibilities of the most demand- 
ing nature. How seriously you carry out these respon-
sibilities can be the difference between life and death.
Mistakes made with guns are final and cannot be paid for with money or regret.  PLEASE READ AND
UNDERSTAND THE PROPER HANDLING AND
INSTRUCTlON PROCEDURES OUTLINED IN
THlS  BOOKLET BEFORE USING YOUR NEW
FIREARM.
There is no excuse for...

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2.NEVER TRUST YOUR SHOTGUN’S ME-
CHANICAL 
“SAFE TY” DEVICE.  The word,
“safety,”  describes a gun’s trigger block
mechanism, sear block mechanism, ham- 
mer block mechanism or firing pin block 
mechanism. These are mechanical devices
that place your gun in a SAFER status. No guarantee can be made that the gun will not 
fire even if the “safety” is in the “on safe”
position.
Like any mechanical device a safety can
sometimes fail; it can be jarred or inadver-
tently manipulated into an unsafe condition....

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ALWAYS VISUALLY CHECK YOUR SHOT-
GUN  to be certain that it does not  inadver
tently contain any ammunition. Keep the
safety in the “on safe” position.
GLANCE  THROUGH  EACH  BARREL  EVERY
TIME YOU LOAD  for the safety of both your
gun and yourself. Mud, snow, and an infinite 
variety of other objects may inadvertently
lodge in a barrel bore. It takes only one small
obstruction to ruin (swell or rupture) the finest
of shotgun barrels.
ALWAYS UNLOAD YOUR SHOTGUN WHEN
NOT IN...

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into a 12 gauge chamber. The 20 gauge
shell, unfortunately, will not fall completely
through the barrel; its rim is caught by the
front of a 12 gauge chamber. Your gun will
misfire, and under conditions of carelessness
made lethal by haste, a 12 gauge shell can
be loaded behind the 20. You could not delib-
erately  have created a more serious hazard
to your gun and yourself.
DO NOT SNAP THE HAMMER ON AEMPTY  CHAMBER-THE CHAMBER  MAY 
NOT BE EMPTY!  Treat every gun with  
the
respect due a...

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ALWAYS UNLOAD ANY GUN’S CHAMBER
AND MAGAZINE BEFORE CROSSING A FENCE, CLIMBING A TREE, JUMPING A 
DITCH  or negotiating other obstacles. Never
lean a loaded gun against a fence, tree, car
or other similar object.
BE SURE OF YOUR TARGET.  Be sure no
persons, livestock, buildings or other objects 
are behind or near your target. Be absolutely
sure of your target particularly during low 
light periods.
FOR EYE AND EAR PROTECTION  we recom-
mend that you always wear...

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BROWNING
SIDE-BY-SIDE
NOMENCLATURE
In conventional gun terminology the position and 
movement of shotgun parts are described as the 
occur with the shotgun horizontal and in 
normal
firing position; i.e. the muzzle is forward or front
the butt stock is rearward or rear; the trigger i downward or underneath; the sight is upward o
on top.
AMMUNITION
The current production Side-by-Side 12 Gauge Model is 
chambered to accept all standard factory 12 gauge
2 3/42 3/4 Magnum and 3” Magnum shotshells
Current...

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a field gun with two separately choked barrels that 
allow a rapid second shot when needed. The trigger 
is a single mechanical trigger.
BARREL SELECTOR
All current BSS models offer you the advantage of
barrel selection. The barrel selector button is located 
in the rear of the trigger guard, convenient and easy
to manipulate even while wearing gloves. Both the
left and right surfaces of the selector are checkered
to assure positive shifting. To fire the more openly choked, right barrel...

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automatically moves to the “on safe” position. An
“S” will appear above the sliding safety lever. Once
the safety has been put off safe to fire a shell, it remains off safe until it is manually returned to
the “on safe” position or until the breech is again opened. Despite this automatic safety precaution, 
always be certain that your gun is pointed in a safe 
direction, and check the safety manually or 
visu-
ally to avoid any chance of accidental discharge.
ALWAYS KEEP YOUR SAFETY IN THE “ON SAFE’...