Owner's Manual

NOMENCLATURE

In conventional gun terminology, the position and movement of gun

parts are described as they occur with the gun horizontal and in

normal firing position; i.e. the muzzle is forward or front; the

buttstock is rearward or rear; the trigger is downward or underneath;

the sight is upward or on top. For general parts nomenclature refer to

Figure 1. The BPS also is shown disassembled to the extent necessary

in order to follow instructions contained in this book (Figure 1A).

GENERAL OPERATION

The Browning BPS shotgun is a manually operated, slide action, repeating

shotgun. The release mechanism is operated by moving the slide (forearm)

in a rearward motion, followed by a forward motion. This action unlocks

the breechblock, extracts and ejects the fired shell casing, transfers a live

shell from the magazine to the chamber and re-locks the breechblock. The

BPS is loaded from the bottom of the receiver and fired shell casings are

ejected from a bottom ejection port. Bottom loading and ejection makes

the BPS ambidextrous. The BPS is designed so that the barrel can be easily

removed by unscrewing the magazine cap from the magazine tube and

then sliding the barrel forward out of the receiver. This facilitates cleaning,

transportation and storage.

SERIAL NUMBER

The serial number of your BPS shotgun is found on the right side

of the receiver, at the bottom, near the front — just above the

ejection/loading port.

FIGURE 1

Butt

Stock

Trigger

Receiver

Forearm

Barrel

Muzzle

Rib

Safety

Release Button

Magazine Cap

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