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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 2:52 am to SlapahoeTribe
Oh so you didn't have issues breaking it down and putting it back together? Also, does it need to be brought in once a year? Reason I'm asking is I want it to last a long time but I don't want a gun that Im always bringing in and can't do the proper maintenance myself. I hear the Remington Wingmaster is easy to clean yourself and stays out the shop unlike the BPS. That just seems like a bunch of bologna to me.
Posted on 9/30/16 at 3:03 am to Albino Potato
New Remington blows. Go with a BPS over that. I hate Browning though so my best recommendation for a pump is the Benelli Supernova. That one is super easy to clean as well.
Posted on 9/30/16 at 3:08 am to ChatRabbit77
I got a lot of mixed reviews on the Benelli Nova.
Posted on 9/30/16 at 3:53 am to Albino Potato
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you didn't have issues breaking it down and putting it back together?
Nope. But I had all the right tools.
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does it need to be brought in once a year?
Not really, no. Just something that most people are advised to do because most people don't do a very good job of cleaning their firearms. Not that most are bad, but most don't want to deal with it.
Also, we check it for worn parts and I won't put anything back in backwards (which happens more often then you'd think with all types of firearms).
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want it to last a long time
If you take care of it then it will last a very long time.
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but I don't want a gun that Im always bringing in and can't do the proper maintenance myself.
If your familiar with other shotguns then there isn't anything particularly difficult with it.
If you know how to read schematics then I'd recommend you get the PDF from Browning (just google it) and make sure you put it back together properly.
This shouldn't be your big concern. Just find out which shotgun you like using and go with that... cleaning is only ever going to be the smallest part of ownership (unless it's a Remington 742... then you're fricked
). 
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 6:07 am to ChatRabbit77
Don't own a BPS, but I'll second the supernova. I took it apart and cleaned it fairly easy when I first got it just because I was young and thought I had to. Pawpaw said I didn't have to do all that BS. So 11 years later, it's never been cleaned and operates like the day I got it.
Posted on 9/30/16 at 9:25 am to REB BEER
That's what I like to hear.
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 9:33 am to SlapahoeTribe
quote:742 is a mofo, especially if it gets wet.
(unless it's a Remington 742... then you're fricked ).
Posted on 9/30/16 at 1:14 pm to REB BEER
quote:
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 bought my 12ga in 1999 and never broke it down to clean. I use CLP in the barrel and on the outside.
Check out Youtube videos if you are interested in how difficult it is to break down completely and clean.
Or spend $20 to get it cleaned thoroughly if you have been particularly rough with it.
Posted on 9/30/16 at 1:32 pm to Tear It Up
I've had my BPS for over 15 years and that's laughable to take it in to a gunsmith to clean it. Its my turkey and anytime the weather is nasty. I just take the barrel off and use some spray solvent where I can't get to. Maybe I should be cleaning it better but it feels and shoots the same as always.
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
Posted on 9/30/16 at 6:14 pm to ecb
It is a bitch to put back together
Posted on 9/30/16 at 6:56 pm to mallardhank
I never found the BPS hard to put back together and I've been breaking mine down after every two or three hunts to clean since I was a kid.
The key is to putting it back together is having the pump about halfway back on the tube. Then the barrel just about almost falls back into place on it's own. If it fights you, just move the pump backwards or forwards a little bit and it just falls in place.
At least that is how it's always been for me on my BPS pumps and my fathers. Now granted I've had mine since I was 13 so I don't know if things have changed in the overall design since I got mine.
The key is to putting it back together is having the pump about halfway back on the tube. Then the barrel just about almost falls back into place on it's own. If it fights you, just move the pump backwards or forwards a little bit and it just falls in place.
At least that is how it's always been for me on my BPS pumps and my fathers. Now granted I've had mine since I was 13 so I don't know if things have changed in the overall design since I got mine.
Posted on 9/30/16 at 7:08 pm to mallardhank
drop the slide, unscrew the cap, pull the barrel out, pull the spring out
are y'all doing more than that?
because mine has never gone any further than that during 25 years
are y'all doing more than that?
because mine has never gone any further than that during 25 years
Posted on 9/30/16 at 7:29 pm to cgrand
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drop the slide, unscrew the cap, pull the barrel out, pull the spring out are y'all doing more than that? because mine has never gone any further than that during 25 years
That's all I've ever done. It is a pretty simple shotgun to break down.
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