ATLAS
COLLECTIBLE FIREARMS

Atlas Collectible Firearms is profoundly honored to present an extraordinary, museum-grade piece of Belgian over/under shotgun mastery: an original 1967 Belgian Browning Superposed Midas Grade 12 Gauge Heavy Game shotgun. Manufactured in 1967 as confirmed by serial number 69652S7 stamped under the top lever, this premier Superposed features 30-inch demi-block barrels with a narrow matted ventilated rib, chambered for 3-inch Magnums and choked Modified and Full. Elevating this classic Browning to true heirloom-tier investment status, it boasts master-level hand engraving executed and double-signed "A BEE" on both lower rear sides of the receiver frame by world-renowned FN Master Engraver Angelo Bee, who began his storied career at FN at age 16 and served as a factory engraver from 1950 to 1975.
Showcasing classic Midas Grade artistry, the blued action features magnificent relief gold-inlaid game birds encircled by swirled gold-wire inlay—pheasants in flight on the left panel, ducks taking wing on the right, and a flushing quail inlaid in gold on the receiver bottom—all framed by near-full coverage of deeply cut and shaded scrollwork. The trigger guard bow displays matching Midas scroll surrounding a vacant gold shield, paired with a gold-plated single selective trigger. Stocked in a spectacular piece of feather crotch-figured American walnut, the long-tang round-knob buttstock measures a 14" length of pull over an original plastic Browning buttplate, featuring Midas-style hand-checkering at the grip and a perfectly matched rounded field forend.
The overall cosmetic condition of the metalwork on this double-signed Midas Grade Superposed remains very fine, retaining nearly all of its factory blued finish with crisp engraving lines throughout. The feather crotch walnut stock set retains nearly all of its high-gloss finish, exhibiting a repaired crack on the left cheek through the grip, a minor historical chip repair at the lower right receiver interface, associated light scuffs on the right cheek, but there is no movement in the stock to receiver fit.. Mechanically, the action opens smoothly and locks up solid, the gold single selective trigger functions crisp, the 30-inch barrels preserve clean, very fine bores, and the ejectors cycle fine though operating somewhat out of time.