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A SHOTGUN FOR ALL SEASONS The new Cynergy CX ‘crossover’ over-and-under from Browning is truly better than the sum of its parts. STORY BY LARRY CASE
W
e all know the old adage about “Beware the man with only one gun, because he probably knows how to use it,” or something like that. I can relate, because I can remember a time when I had exactly one shotgun, a battered Remington 870 that served me well. The true premise of that tired old saying is, of course, if a man has but one gun he will use it for everything. He doesn’t have the luxury or the worry of deciding which gun to pick for a particular task. From target shooting to grouse hunting or crows in the cornfield, you just grab that shotgun and sally forth. Browning may have been thinking about this when they created the Cynergy CX shotgun. In this day and age, is one over-and-under shotgun for sporting clays, trap, skeet, pheasants and even the odd woodcock even possible? Ah, grasshopper, consider the Cynergy CX. The Cynergy line of shotguns, which Browning released to us in 2017, has several models: a turkey shotgun, a target model and a composite stock model (the test gun that I put through its paces had a wooden stock). Let’s take a look at some of the features of your next favorite shotgun. THIS IS THE CROSSOVER GUN in the Cynergy line, with a 60/40 point of
West Virginia 4-H shooter Holly Waid had a chance to take the Browning Cynergy CX for a test drive. (LARRY CASE) americanshootingjournal.com 131