Belgium · 1994–2010

Browning Gold Hunter

Out of production

Specifications

Maker: Browning
Type: Shotgun
Action: Semi-automatic
Era: Modern (1946–1999)
Produced: 1994–2010
Magazine: 4 rounds

Chambered in

12 gauge
20 gauge

Stock

Wood
Polymer

What it is worth

$450–$1,000

Well-worn to unfired · priced 2026-08-05

Blue Book of Gun Valuesvalue guide$450–$825 2026-08-05
Blue Book of Gun Valuesvalue guide$550–$1,000 2026-08-05

Indicative only. A second-hand gun is worth what its condition, chambering and provenance say — these are published figures, not an offer.

Chapter 01

Overview

Made from 1994 to 2007, the Gold was the gas gun that replaced a legend — the Auto-5, Browning’s mainstay for more than 90 years — and never quite got its due. For a time it was the only semi-auto that was not a Beretta that anyone used for serious sporting clays.

Chapter 02

How it works

A soft-shooting, easy-cleaning gas action whose system lives on in the Winchester Super X2 and Super X3 and the Browning Silver. The 3½-inch Gold was the first 3½-inch gas semi-auto ever made, and the early guns, stretched from the 3-inch, failed until Browning redesigned the internals a year or so later; the Gold 10 is a completely different design.

Chapter 03

In the field

Phil Bourjaily used one for doves and took an early 3½-inch to a duck hunt in Uruguay, where it turned into a single shot on the first morning. The 3-inch guns always worked, so a used Gold will serve faithfully on ducks and doves unless it is a 3½-inch from around 1998 or 1999.

Sources

Written from: The Underappreciated Browning Gold — Field & Stream (Wayback Machine snapshot) — read 2026-10-29

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