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Owners of Browning BPS pump action 12 gauge, is cleaning/maintenance difficult?
Posted on 9/30/16 at 2:29 am
Posted on 9/30/16 at 2:29 am
I hear how bad it is on all forums over the internet to break it down. Several were saying it's too difficult to clean it thoroughly so they'd bring it in to the gunsmith once a year. Now I thought that was ridiculous because a Remington Wingmaster is easy to do yourself even though it's more expensive at first, would save you the money of going to a gunsmith. I wanted to hear from some of y'all who own a BPS or know firsthand about how difficult it is or if people are just being dramatic?
This post was edited on 9/30/16 at 3:00 am
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Posted on 9/30/16 at 2:44 am to Albino Potato
A gunsmith will tell you that it isn't difficult to clean (for a gunsmith). There were guns that I hated cleaning and this wasn't one of them.
Unless you drop it in the mud and let it sit up for a few days then I'd recommend that you only do simple cleaning and bring it in to a gunsmith once a year for a proper job. That's all it needs anyway.
Pro tip: bring it in at the end of the season and have it cleaned then... not a week before the season starts.
Unless you drop it in the mud and let it sit up for a few days then I'd recommend that you only do simple cleaning and bring it in to a gunsmith once a year for a proper job. That's all it needs anyway.
Pro tip: bring it in at the end of the season and have it cleaned then... not a week before the season starts.
Posted on 9/30/16 at 5:39 am to Albino Potato
Getting the rails back in is a PITA, other than that if you know how to break down a weapon and clean it, it's not that big of a deal. Remington 887 if you're looking for gun that's low maintenance.
Posted on 9/30/16 at 5:59 am to Albino Potato
I have a BPS10 that I've hunted with since 1998. It has never been broken down; the only cleaning it's ever gotten is being sprayed down with WD-40 and it's still the smoothest pump I own.
I really don't think you can go wrong with the BPS.
And btw, I have 2 wingmasters and the BPS is a much better gun IMO.
I really don't think you can go wrong with the BPS.
And btw, I have 2 wingmasters and the BPS is a much better gun IMO.
Posted on 9/30/16 at 9:30 am to Albino Potato
Nah, I don't own one but have torn a couple down, cleaned and re-assembled. Not bad but not 870 easy. I'd buy 12 BPS's over a junky-arse Nova even though I'm dangerous with a bps due to that tang mounted safety.
One of those 2 BPS's had a magazine switch above the forearm that I though was unique, that one was the trickiest of the two.
One of those 2 BPS's had a magazine switch above the forearm that I though was unique, that one was the trickiest of the two.
This post was edited on 9/30/16 at 9:34 am
Posted on 9/30/16 at 2:35 pm to Albino Potato
If I can do it, you can do it, but I rarely feel the need to break it down all the way
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