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Old August 17, 2011, 11:05 AM   #7
Couzin
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If this is an supposedly an older Browning Auto-5 - first I'd check to see if it is actually chambered (marked) for a 3-1/2" shell. Since the 3-1/2" did not arrive until 1988, I bet not. If the seller says they couldn't get the gun to cycle on 2-3/4" rounds or the 3" ("Magnum" marked guns for the 3" round starting about 1974) - my bet is on the gun was chambered in one of those two rounds and the seller started experiencing extraction problems and just upped the load to compensate. The likely reason the seller was having problems was the friction rings/recoil bolt was dirty/worn. Also, if the gun was a "Magnum" - the friction ring had to be reversed according to the load so it would extract. IF the gun is an early model (check the serial number) AND the seller was shooting 3-1/2" shells out of a 2-3/4" rounds or the 3" gun - I would pass on the purchase!!
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