Browning BPS

     Notes: This is a fairly common and inexpensive shotgun with a sighting rib.  It was designed by Joseph Badali, a then-new designer to FN, though he had worked at Winchester for over 23 years, including some exotic projects like the SPIW and less-exotic military and civilian rifles.

     The BPS is designed for 3” magnum shells, and five barrel lengths are available.  It was built by Miroku in Japan, and though it was introduced in North America in 1977, it was not introduced to Europe until 1980, where it was known by the nickname of “Trombone.”  The various models are basically identical for game purposes.  They are all equipped with Invector interchangeable chokes. 

     Variants include the BPS Realtree Max-5, with Realtree finish all over the rifle, a 3.5-inch chamber, and synthetic furniture. The Realtree Max-5 uses a 28-inch barrel and 12 Gauge only. It has a recoil pad on the butt.

     The BPS Medallion has a gloss blued metalwork finish, scroll engraving of the receiver, bottom ejection, gloss oil-finished grade II or III walnut, and a silver bead sight atop the sighting rail. It is simply a fancy version of the standard BPS.  The BPS also comes with Grade II walnut and with a fully engraved receiver with gold inlay.  For game purposes, it is as the standard BPS.  The BPS Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades comes with synthetic furniture and a recoil pad, and in 12-Gauge has a 26-inch barrel. In 10-Gauge, it comes with a 26-inch barrel, and uses supermagnum shells.  The BPS Mossy Oak Break-Up Country has a different camouflage pattern and is heavier, but is otherwise like the 10-Gauge Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades.  The BPS Rifled Deer uses 22-inch rifled barrel and is not designed for shot.  It uses the same camouflage as the BPS Mossy Oak Break-Up Country.  The Rifled Deer Hunter is the same, but has a MIL-STD-1913 rail above the receiver and otherwise no sights or a barrel rib. The BPS Hunter is a high-grade, but identical for game terms, version of the standard BPS 12-Gauge with a 26-inch barrel.  It has oil-finished wood and a blued receiver and barrel.

     The Micro Midas is a youth version also useful for small persons.  It has a 22-inch barrel, two hard plates which can be inset into the recoil pad, oil-finished wood, and blued metalwork. The Upland Special also has a 22-inch barrel, but it has a straight-wrist stock and no recoil pad. The BPS Trap and Micro Trap differ primarily in their barrels; the Trap has a 30-inch barrel and the Micro Trap has a 28-inch barrel.  Both have a premium recoil pad, a nickel-plated receiver with elaborate engraving, and a polished blue barrel and barrel rib.  The stocks are of Grade I oil-finished Black Walnut, and both fire less-powerful ammunition than most BPSs. Front sights are HiViz fiberoptics.

     The BPS Stalker is sort of a plain synthetic-stocked version of the BPS.  It uses a deep semi-pistol grip and molded texturing on the grip and the slide (which is polymer over light alloy).  The stock and slide are matte black synthetic; the external metalwork is matte blued.  The butt has a recoil pad, and many ancillary metal parts (like the trigger and trigger guard) are of light alloy.  The Stalker has a 26-inch barrel. The 10-Gauge Stalker at first sounds like a larger version of the Stalker; however, its stock is of matte black composite material with a matte black Dura-Touch Armor finish for the metalwork.  It has a forged and machined steel receiver and duel steel action bars. It too has a 26-inch barrel.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

BPS (24” Barrel)

10 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.48 kg

5 Tubular

$986

BPS (26” Barrel)

10 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.58 kg

5 Tubular

$996

BPS (28” Barrel)

10 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.69 kg

5 Tubular

$1007

BPS (30” Barrel)

10 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.79 kg

5 Tubular

$1017

BPS (32” Barrel)

10 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.9 kg

5 Tubular

$1027

BPS (24” Barrel)

12 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.32 kg

5 Tubular

$889

BPS (26” Barrel)

12 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.42 kg

5 Tubular

$899

BPS (28” Barrel)

12 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.52 kg

5 Tubular

$909

BPS (30” Barrel)

12 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.62 kg

5 Tubular

$919

BPS (32” Barrel)

12 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.72 kg

5 Tubular

$930

BPS (24” Barrel)

20 Gauge 3” Magnum

2.96 kg

5 Tubular

$673

BPS (26” Barrel)

20 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.05 kg

5 Tubular

$684

BPS (28” Barrel)

20 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.14 kg

5 Tubular

$694

BPS (30” Barrel)

20 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.23 kg

5 Tubular

$704

BPS (32” Barrel)

20 Gauge 3” Magnum

3.32 kg

5 Tubular

$713

BPS Realtree Max-5

12 Gauge 3.5” Magnum

3.04 kg

5 Tubular

$1042

BPS Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades

12 Gauge 3”

3.63 kg

4 Tubular

$982

BPS Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades

10 Gauge 3.5”

4.76 kg

4 Tubular

$1285

BPS Mossy Oak Break-Up Country

10 Gauge 3.5”

4.9 kg

4 Tubular

$1285

BPS Rifled Deer

12 Gauge 3”

3.46 kg

4 Tubular

$962

BPS Micro Midas

12 Gauge 3”

3.4 kg

4 Tubular

$949

BPS Upland Special

12 Gauge 3”

3.4 kg

4 Tubular

$874

BPS Trap

12 Gauge 2.75”

3.69 kg

4 Tubular

$928

BPS Micro Trap

12 Gauge 2.75”

3.69 kg

4 Tubular

$918

BPS Stalker

12 Gauge 3”

3.63 kg

4 Tubular

$982

BPS 10-Gauge Stalker

10 Gauge 3.5”

4.71 kg

4 Tubular

$1284

BPS Rifled Deer Hunter

12 Gauge 3”

3.46 kg

4 Tubular

$972

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

BPS (10GA 24”)

PA

5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8

2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

8

5

Nil

53

BPS (10GA 26”)

PA

5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8

2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

8

6

Nil

57

BPS (10GA 28”)

PA

5/1d6x40 or 2d6x8 or 3d6x4

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil or Nil

8

6

Nil

62

BPS (10GA 30”)

PA

5/1d6x40 or 2d6x8 or 3d6x4

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil or Nil

9

6

Nil

67

BPS (10GA 32”)

PA

5/1d6x40 or 2d6x8 or 3d6x4

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil or Nil

9

6

Nil

72

BPS (12GA 24”)

PA

5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8

2-3-Nil/Nil or Nil

7

5

Nil

49

BPS (12GA 26”)

PA

5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

8

5

Nil

54

BPS (12GA 28”)

PA

5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8

2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

8

5

Nil

58

BPS (12GA 30”)

PA

5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8

2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

8

6

Nil

63

BPS (12GA 32”)

PA

5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8

2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

9

6

Nil

68

BPS (20GA 24”)

PA

4/1d6x20 or 2d6x4

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

7

4

Nil

42

BPS (20GA 26”)

PA

4/1d6x24 or 2d6x4

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

7

4

Nil

45

BPS (20GA 28”)

PA

4/1d6x24 or 2d6x4

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

8

5

Nil

49

BPS (20GA 30”)

PA

4/1d6x24 or 2d6x4

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

8

5

Nil

53

BPS (20GA 32”)

PA

4/1d6x24 or 2d6x4

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

8

5

Nil

57

BPS Realtree Max-5

PA

5/1d6x36 or 2d6x8

2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

8

6

Nil

77

BPS Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades (12GA)

PA

5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

7

5

Nil

65

BPS Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades (10GA)

PA

5/1d6x40 or 2d6x8 or 3d6x4

2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil or 1-Nil

8

4

Nil

75

BPS Rifled Deer

PA

6

2-4-Nil

7

5

Nil

85

BPS Micro Midas

PA

4/1d6x28 or 2d6x8

2-3-Nil/Nil or Nil

7

4

Nil

54

BPS Upland Special

PA

4/1d6x28 or 2d6x8

2-3-Nil/Nil or Nil

7

5

Nil

54

BPS Trap

PA

5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8

2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

8

5

Nil

67

BPS Micro Trap

PA

5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

8

4

Nil

62

BPS Stalker

PA

5/1d6x32 or 2d6x8

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

7

4

Nil

65

BPS 10-Gauge Stalker

PA

5/1d6x40 or 2d6x8 or 3d6x4

2-4-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil or 1-Nil

8

4

Nil

75

 

Browning BPS-SP

     Notes:  This is a police version of the BPS above.  The BPS-SP has been strengthened to withstand the punishment that can be placed on such service weapons and to decrease the possibility of jamming or other malfunctions.  The BPS-SP cannot chamber a round without positive movement of the slide, and live rounds cannot be accidentally be ejected from the weapon.  The finish is treated to require the least possible maintenance.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

BPS-SP

12 Gauge (2 3/4” or 3”)

3.14 kg

8 (2 3/4”) or 7 (3”)

$945

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

BPS-SP (2 3/4”)

PA

4/1d6x28 or 2d6x8

2-3-Nil/Nil or Nil

6

4

Nil

43

BPS-SP (3”)

PA

4/1d6x28 or 2d6x8

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

6

4

Nil

52

 

FN Tactical Police Shotgun

     Notes:  The Tactical Police Shotgun shares a buttstock and pistol grip with the M-4 Carbine.  It is designed for throwing any type of ammunition, from batons to tungsten shot.  The receiver is topped with a Picatinny Rail for maximum flexibility of sighting systems.  The Tactical Police Shotgun is also a derivative of the Winchester 1300, which is a common weapon in many world police departments.  The TPS is designed primarily for police and paramilitary forces, but has been seen in the hands of US troops in Afghanistan.

     Twilight 2000 Notes: This weapon does not exist.

Weapon

Ammunition

Weight

Magazines

Price

Tactical Police Shotgun (18” Barrel)

12 Gauge 3”

2.94 kg

7 Tubular

$888

Tactical Police Shotgun (14” Barrel)

12 Gauge 3”

2.64 kg

4 Tubular

$867

 

Weapon

ROF

Damage

Pen

Bulk

SS

Burst

Range

Tactical Police Shotgun (18”)

PA

4/1d6x24 or 2d6x4

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

5/6

5

Nil

36

Tactical Police Shotgun (14”)

PA

4/1d6x24 or 2d6x4

2-3-Nil/Nil or 1-Nil

4/5

5

Nil

25