Browning's Maxus II Sporting is a 12 gauge semi-automatic for the clay course, with a 30-inch steel barrel, a 3-inch chamber and a fixed tubular magazine holding four shells. It weighs 7 pounds, runs 51 inches overall and has a 14 3/8-inch length of pull. The Turkish walnut stock is gloss-oil finished with laser-cut checkering and ends in an Inflex 2 recoil pad, while the receiver and barrel are matte black. A HiViz TriComp fiber optic front sight sits at the muzzle, and the Invector-Plus Midas choke set includes Full, Improved Modified, Modified, Improved Cylinder and Skeet tubes.

Five chokes in the box mean a North Carolina shooter can set this gun up for skeet in the morning and tighter sporting presentations in the afternoon, and the four-shell magazine suits practice sessions and any shoot that allows more than two. At 7 pounds with a 30-inch barrel it carries comfortably over a long course, and the 3-inch chamber keeps it useful for field loads as well.

Key features

• 12 gauge semi-automatic, 30-inch steel barrel
• 3-inch chamber, four-shell fixed magazine
• Five Invector-Plus Midas chokes included
• Gloss-oil Turkish walnut, Inflex 2 recoil pad
• HiViz TriComp fiber optic front sight, 7 pounds

Ships to the North Carolina FFL dealer you name at checkout; you show photo ID, complete Form 4473 and the dealer runs the NICS check.