Browning Nomad

shocker · Jun 8, 2016

ItPicked this up at the LGS. Sort of a bucket gun because my dad had a very similar Colt huntsman.
Put a couple of clips* of thunderbolts through it. Shoots like a laser, great trigger. I didn't know till i read the manual the barrels are interchangeable.

*My WWII veteran dad called them clips.

Edit- this gun is steel frame and dates to 1968.

Camster · Jun 8, 2016

Great guns,just like it's more deluxe version,the Challenger,and the target version,the Medalist.
Early Nomads have an alloy frame.The later ones have a steel frame.
If you buy a Nomad inexpensively,and it has a factory magazine,you might be able to have a very small investment by selling the magazine for big bucks,and using a repro.

Jingles · Jun 9, 2016

shocker said:
*My WWII veteran dad called them clips.

Funny, so did my dad and uncles. It took me about 20 years to start calling them mags and I still slip up from time to time.

alwslate · Jun 9, 2016

I had a Nomad many years ago, late 60s I think. Traded it off for
something or other, can't remember now but it's one of those guns
that I wish that I had kept. 20-20 hindsight as they say. I now have
a Browning Micro Buckmark and I think there is very little difference
between the old Nomad and Buckmark designs. Great guns all.

Valmet · Jun 9, 2016

Congrats! A friend of mine owns one and loves it. One of these days I'll get around to shooting it!

shocker · Jun 9, 2016

Camster said:
If you buy a Nomad inexpensively,and it has a factory magazine,you might be able to have a very small investment by selling the magazine for big bucks,and using a repro.

Really? Mine came with 2 factory mags.

Camster · Jun 9, 2016

shocker said:
Really? Mine came with 2 factory mags.

Yes,really.A pretty decent one will get a C note easily enough.Like new can get 150+.(this would be on ebay,where you'd have 13% in fees to deal with.) The buyers most likely would be Challenger and Medalist owners.
Repros may or may not work 100% (Colt Cadet mags can also be modified) and cost around 30-35.

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