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Tennessee Ed

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Looking for experienced shooters to help me compare Browning Cynergy Wicked Wing 12 ga vs Browning Composite Citori 12 ga for waterfowl hunting with tungsten, bismuth, hevi shot, etc. Also, please state how long you have been duck and waterfowl hunting with the Cynergy or the Citori. Thanks in advance
 
I haven't shot either of those exact guns but I have shot Citoris before. I haven't duck hunted with an over under at all but have hunted other birds with them. Maybe if you could give some more details on what you are wanting to know. FIt between the 2 guns? Ability to shoot those types of ammo? Which one looks cooler to your hunting buddies? Etc.

I can tell you that they will both work fine with all types of ammo and that they are both good quality guns. I personally think the Cynergy looks weird but then I also think any O/U with synthetic stocks looks weird too.
 
I've waterfowl hunted with a regular Citori since the mid 1980's. It's been a very good gun for me although it picked up two dents in the forearm that really bothered me. So Doug Carpenter helped me out and made the forearm look almost new.

The gun is heavy which normally isn't a problem. Early on we had a 3 goose limit and walked to a field blind about a half mile away. Getting there was easy even with gun, shells etc. Coming back with gun, shells and 3 geese was tiring even 40 years ago.

If I was buying another Citori for waterfowl, I'd go with a composite stock and the most rust resistant finish available. My gun has lost some of the blueing at the receiver from being handled. It doesn't have rust but only because I was pretty careful to dry it off and dry it out after each hunt. When I bought the Citori, I wondered about just having two shots but the only time that's ever been an issue is the rare occasion of a cripple when I've fired the second shot and need to reload.

Both I and a hunting partner who also has Citori's have managed to put the barrel selector in between O and U and missed shots. Once I realized that, I make the selection before pushing the safety off and that problem went away.
 
I am not a duck hunter, but I have both the cynergy composite and the new citori composite. The Cynergy never fit me well which is the reason I bought the citori. As such the recoil affected me more with the cynergy. That being said, if the guns fit me equally well, I would pick the cynergy over the citori. Its newer technology and the action is as strong as it gets and I like the trigger better, its mechanical and goes bang every time. So my answer is get whichever one fits you better, but I'd lean toward the cynergy.
 
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26" Wicked Wing.

Pits and flooded timber up in Arkansas, to open water over decoys down here in Louisiana. I probably have 200 magnum duck loads through it and a flat of AA trap loads the past 2 seasons.

Gun is a work horse that eats up recoil on 3" steel/bismuth duplex loads by Migra. It also has a true "striker" trigger on it. Which makes it nice for practicing mounts and hitting snap caps in the house. Trigger pull is solid for a field gun...I can check the lbs if you want on the trigger and the gun itself if you want the details.

I did have the chokes cerakoted with Hazel Green

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I have aregular citori satin hunter 3 1/2” 12 gauge, my fathers citori lightning 3 1/2” and a cynergy wicked wing 3 1/2”.

The last 15 years I have toted the citori in the field duck, goose, pheasant, grouse and whatever else hunting. Last year I picked up the wicked wing and love it as well. I really appreciate the finish on it and the recoil is less than the citori even though it’s lighter.
 
Very cool!
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26" Wicked Wing.

Pits and flooded timber up in Arkansas, to open water over decoys down here in Louisiana. I probably have 200 magnum duck loads through it and a flat of AA trap loads the past 2 seasons.

Gun is a work horse that eats up recoil on 3" steel/bismuth duplex loads by Migra. It also has a true "striker" trigger on it. Which makes it nice for practicing mounts and hitting snap caps in the house. Trigger pull is solid for a field gun...I can check the lbs if you want on the trigger and the gun itself if you want the details.

I did have the chokes cerakoted with Hazel Green

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I have a 3.5" camo cynergy. Have been using heavily for ducks since 2014 or so. 26". Fits me well, have gotten more 25s in skeet with it than any other gun also. I hunt in a , layout boat, a wide kayak, and I never have any issues reloading gun fast.

I have a 20ga 725, but no other Citori. However, as others say, the receiver on cynergy is slimmer and not as tall--perfect for me, but I can see there might be a height difference on fit between the two.

I personally like the cynergy for waterfowl better, due to: good camo, strong action with very little unexposed polished metal so easy to clean and wipe dry. Adjustable comb!! To me, shooting from a blind while sitting makes a huge mount difference from standing with maybe a slight forward lean! So being able to tweak comb height is huge. Excellent recoil pad with deep rubber absorbing area-- this is the older cynergy with the wierd looking curved recoil pad cut, but it is much better at absorbing heavy 3" loads if needed.

Lastly, great triggers. I don't know various citori triggers, but cynergy with mechanical NEVER let me down, even if I use 3/4oz or light tss duplex loads.
 
Shot clays with a buddies cynergy and bought one the next week. It is m go to duck shooter for the last 6 years cases shot through it in the blind, on the skeet field and SC field. . Love it! Plus the adjustable comb on the omposite helps with fit. I am sure the citori is awesome like all Brownings! that said 30" barrels are a little heavy for serious upland work...
 
Shot clays with a buddies cynergy and bought one the next week. It is m go to duck shooter for the last 6 years cases shot through it in the blind, on the skeet field and SC field. . Love it! Plus the adjustable comb on the omposite helps with fit. I am sure the citori is awesome like all Brownings! that said 30" barrels are a little heavy for serious upland hunting
 
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