Browning Citori 825 Field 410 26in – Superb 410 Bore Over Under

Description

The 410 asks more of a shooter than any other bore, which is exactly why people who have nothing left to prove keep coming back to it. The Browning Citori 825 Field 410 26in is a proper field gun in the smallest bore Browning chambers, built on the same scaled frame as its 28 gauge sibling rather than treated as a novelty.

A Small Bore That Demands Real Shooting

A 410 payload is roughly half an ounce of shot, which leaves very little margin for a sloppy mount or a rushed swing. Hunters who choose it do so because the birds they take with it feel earned, and because a clean kill with a 410 says more about the shooter than the same bird taken with a 12.

Twenty six inch barrels make this the quickest handling gun in the Field range. In tight cover where birds flush at a few paces and disappear behind trees, a short barreled gun that arrives instantly beats a longer one that swings more smoothly but gets there late.

Recoil is effectively absent. At 6 pounds 10 ounces with a very light payload and an Inflex II recoil pad behind it, this is a gun a shooter of any size or age can handle comfortably through a long day without flinching.

Field Hardware On A Scaled Frame

Browning builds the sub gauge 825 on a receiver scaled to the smaller shell rather than sleeving a larger frame. That keeps the weight honest and the proportions right in the hands, which is the difference between a real small bore gun and a big gun wearing small barrels.

Chrome plated chambers and Vector Pro forcing cones do the same work here as on the larger gauges, easing the shot column out of the chamber to reduce pellet deformation and resisting the corrosion that comes with damp mornings and delayed cleaning.

Three Standard Invector flush chokes ship with the gun, covering Full, Modified and Improved Cylinder. The 410 and 28 gauge models use the Standard Invector system rather than the Invector-DS tubes fitted to the 12 and 20 gauge guns, so tubes do not interchange across gauges.

Browning Citori 825 Field 410 26in Specifications

• Browning item number 018346914
• Gauge 410 bore with a 3 inch chamber
• Barrel length 26 inches, gloss blued
• Overall length 43 and three quarter inches
• Weight 6 pounds 10 ounces
• Forcing cones Vector Pro lengthened
• Rib ventilated, one quarter inch
• Sights ivory bead front
• Point of impact 50 50
• Trigger Fire Lite 2 mechanical, gold plated alloy
• Chokes three Standard Invector flush tubes, Full, Modified and Improved Cylinder
• Stock Grade II and III black walnut with a gloss oil finish
• Grip pistol grip with a palm swell
• Inflex II recoil pad, large size
• Length of pull 14 and one quarter inches
• Drop at comb 1 and 5 eighths inches
• Drop at heel 2 and 1 half inches
• Receiver steel, silver nitride with game scene engraving
• Chambers chrome plated
• Action over under, break open

Two practical notes before buying. The choke system is Standard Invector rather than Invector-DS, so tubes bought for a 12 or 20 gauge Browning will not fit, and replacements need to be ordered specifically for the 410. Second, the 3 inch chamber matters more on this bore than on any other, because the difference between a 2 and a half inch and a 3 inch 410 shell is a meaningful increase in payload. Most upland shooting is done with the shorter shells, but the longer chamber keeps heavier loads available for turkey where regulations permit them.

Fit and finish on the Browning Citori 825 Field 410 26in match the larger gauge Field models, with the same wood to metal fit and the same lockup on a frame scaled to the smallest shell.

Why Buyers Choose The Browning Citori 825 Field 410 26in

Hunters choose the Browning Citori 825 Field 410 26in because shooting a small bore well is its own reward. There is no easier way to make familiar birds interesting again than to hunt them with half an ounce of shot.

The weight and the recoil make this the most approachable gun in the range. It is a natural choice for introducing a younger or smaller framed shooter to an over under, and it is comfortable enough that nobody develops a flinch on it.

Citori lockup has decades of hard service behind it, and the 825 receiver refines that with a full width hinge pin rather than starting over. This is a gun built to be handed down rather than replaced.

Game scene engraving on a silver nitride receiver and gloss oil walnut make this a genuinely handsome gun, and a walnut stocked small bore over under holds value as well as anything in the safe.

Upkeep on the Browning Citori 825 Field 410 26in is routine, with a hinged action that strips without tools, flush choke tubes that back out with the supplied wrench, and a walnut stock that responds well to an occasional oil wipe.

Who Should Buy The Browning Citori 825 Field 410 26in

This shotgun suits the experienced upland hunter who wants a challenge, the collector who values a small bore over under, and the shooter introducing someone new to the platform in the gentlest way possible. It is excellent in tight cover on close flushing birds and enjoyable on a skeet field. It is not the right tool for pass shooting, long range pheasant or anything that needs pattern density at distance, and 410 shells cost considerably more per box than 12 or 20 gauge, so high volume shooters should factor that in before committing.

Full manufacturer specifications for the Browning Citori 825 Field 410 26in are published by Browning on the official product page. Browse more shotguns and clays gear in our shotguns category.