06-132-988

NAME – Browning BPS

TYPE – Slide-action shotgun

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – USA

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1988

CALIBER – 19.7x89mmR (10 gauge 3 ½ inch Magnum)

OVERALL LENGTH WITH SHORT BARREL – 123.8 cm (48.75in)

OVERALL LENGTH WITH LONG BARREL – 130.8 cm (50.75 in)

SHORT BARREL LENGTH – 71.1 cm (28 in)

LONG BARREL LENGTH – 76.2 cm (30 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – Smoothbore

CHOKE – Variable, Insertable

LOAD – #4 Steel shot

LOAD WEIGHT – 56.7 g (2 oz – 875 grains)

PELLET DIAMETER – 3.30 mm (0.130 in)

NUMBER OF PELLETS – 380

PELLET WEIGHT –0.15 g (2.3 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY WITH SHORT BARREL – 393 m/s (1290 fps)

MUZZLE VELOCITY WITH LONG BARREL – 396 m/s (1300 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY WITH SHORT BARREL – 4384 j (3234 ft/lb)

MUZZLE ENERGY WITH LONG BARREL – 4453 j (3284 ft/lb)

MUZZLE ENERGY PER PELLET WITH SHORT BARREL –11.5 j (8.5 ft/lb)

MUZZLE ENERGY PER PELLET WITH LONG BARREL – 11.7 j (8.6 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) WITH SHORT BARREL – 4.79 kg (10 lb 9 oz)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) WITH LONG BARREL – 4.90 kg (10 lb 12.8 oz)

WEIGHT (LOADED) WITH SHORT BARREL – 5.10 kg (11 lb 3.9 oz) with 3 rounds in magazine + 1 in chamber

WEIGHT (LOADED) WITH LONG BARREL – 5.21 kg (11 lb 7.8 oz) with 3 rounds in magazine + 1 in chamber

SIGHTS – Front bead

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 64 m (70 yards)

OPERATION – Manual, slide-action

TYPE OF FIRE – Repeating

RATE OF FIRE – 12 rpm

FEED DEVICE – 3 round tubular underbarrel magazine

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 0.31 kg (10.9 oz) 3 rounds + 1 in chamber

BASIC LOAD – 25 rounds (1 box)

LOAD WEIGHT – 1.96 kg (4 lb 5.1 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Browning, One Browning Place, Morgan, Utah

STATUS – In production

SERVICE – Commercial sales