browning A-5 best shotgun ever!

jaymag · April 27, 2006, 08:12 PM

My father picked up a bennelli M1.The gun somtimes has ejecting issues.That gun is $1100 bucks.I still never had one miss fire in 20years plus with the A-5.It has the must perfect forgiving trigger EVER made.Accurate with slugs even down a smooth bore,To fast shooting rapid fire.I have fired the oldest piece of crap shotshell from birdshot to slugs.It alway's went bang.I now own two belgem A-5's.I have fired many guns,but try a browning A-5.It's love at first sight.

Dave McC · April 28, 2006, 08:15 AM

People either love or hate the A-5. For some folks, the squared off receiver seems to hinder looking at the target.

The stocks do not work for me. But, I admire the reliability, durability and record the A-5 has.

bgoldhunter · April 28, 2006, 09:30 AM

Jaymag, I've got to agree with you. It is a classic design that just keeps ticking....my only problem is I don't have enough!

Huntergirl · April 28, 2006, 05:14 PM

Great shotty but not purtty at all.

farmall · April 28, 2006, 06:06 PM

Ditto on the A5, but I shoot model 11 Remingtons, myself. Love them, classic looks, deadly reliable. When someone says "automatic shotgun" the Browning design is what comes to my mind.

mta90412 · April 28, 2006, 07:08 PM

got a mod 11 myself found it in a storage unit I bought out and I trust that thing with my life. There were some pics with it in WWI with three dudes on a boat... I wonder if its authentic and for that matter how much its worth.

farmall · April 28, 2006, 10:32 PM

Saw a mod. 11 at Cabelas in Kansas City a few months back. It was marked "Property U.S. Gov't" and parkerized finish. Overall condition about 75%. Price marked $195.00. If the Warden (wife) hadn't been along, it'd be in my safe tonight.

MISFIRE · April 28, 2006, 11:19 PM

As best as I can remember, my dad bought his Sweet Sixteen in 1950. He, and after he passed, my brother and I have run a bazillion of everything through it. Never, never, now in 50+ years has that old shooter choked and I don't even know half the time which way the recoil ring thing is turned. I have a beautacious new Beretta Urika trap gun that is a softer shooter and makes me look good on the range. That ugly old Browning hasn't killed many clay birds but many, many Illinois cottontails, ducks, geese (back when lead shot was allowed), crows, doves, and quail. I'm even looking for a full choke barrel for it.

quack fiend · April 29, 2006, 05:38 AM

dang farmall, that sounds like a STEAL--wish i lived close

Mannlicher · April 29, 2006, 07:50 PM

Huntress says:

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Great shotty but not purtty at all

come on, the A5 is the best looking shotgun ever designed!!!

I have three, one each in 12 Mag, 16 and 20 gauge.

Captain Bligh · April 29, 2006, 08:42 PM

I have an A-5 Light 20. I love this gun. It's my favorite of my three shotguns. I'm tall with a long neck. The square receiver offers me the perfect sight plane.

Browning should be beaten with a stick for discontinuing the A-5 -- although mine is probably worth more now than when I bought it in 1969.

Tommy Vercetti · May 1, 2006, 05:38 AM

I had one..one of the guys I was hunting with tripped and fell on it..broke my fore end

bgoldhunter · May 1, 2006, 02:05 PM

I agree, no semi auto or pump is as pretty as the A5. Nothing else even compares!

Tommy Vercetti · May 1, 2006, 02:48 PM

Elvis liked them

publius · May 2, 2006, 12:03 AM

Not pretty? Blasphemy!!! Everything John Browning made was a work of art. Damn shame he isn't still around.

Tommy Vercetti · May 2, 2006, 04:00 PM

his Hi Power would have been a striker fired single stack

mpage · May 12, 2006, 04:24 AM

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got a mod 11 myself found it in a storage unit I bought out and I trust that thing with my life. There were some pics with it in WWI with three dudes on a boat... I wonder if its authentic and for that matter how much its worth.

That's interesting--the gun was in the pics? It may have been used along the Yangtze. IIRC there were 11's used over there.

If you can post the serial number's range, the age can be determined; it may even be on the SRS site.

That pic may be decent provenance.

April 27, 2006, 08:12 PM	#1
jaymag Senior Member Join Date: October 4, 2005 Location: springfield,MA Posts: 239	browning A-5 best shotgun ever! My father picked up a bennelli M1.The gun somtimes has ejecting issues.That gun is $1100 bucks.I still never had one miss fire in 20years plus with the A-5.It has the must perfect forgiving trigger EVER made.Accurate with slugs even down a smooth bore,To fast shooting rapid fire.I have fired the oldest piece of crap shotshell from birdshot to slugs.It alway's went bang.I now own two belgem A-5's.I have fired many guns,but try a browning A-5.It's love at first sight.

April 28, 2006, 07:08 PM	#6
mta90412 Member Join Date: January 10, 2006 Location: hawthorne,nv Posts: 70	got a mod 11 myself found it in a storage unit I bought out and I trust that thing with my life. There were some pics with it in WWI with three dudes on a boat... I wonder if its authentic and for that matter how much its worth. __________________ When it comes to the bare bones of self preservation honor matters not, and is not even a thought.

April 28, 2006, 11:19 PM	#8
MISFIRE Member Join Date: October 20, 2000 Location: Aliso Viejo, Ca Posts: 86	As best as I can remember, my dad bought his Sweet Sixteen in 1950. He, and after he passed, my brother and I have run a bazillion of everything through it. Never, never, now in 50+ years has that old shooter choked and I don't even know half the time which way the recoil ring thing is turned. I have a beautacious new Beretta Urika trap gun that is a softer shooter and makes me look good on the range. That ugly old Browning hasn't killed many clay birds but many, many Illinois cottontails, ducks, geese (back when lead shot was allowed), crows, doves, and quail. I'm even looking for a full choke barrel for it. __________________ MISFIRE

May 1, 2006, 05:38 AM	#12
Tommy Vercetti Senior Member Join Date: June 26, 2004 Location: Fairhope, Alabama Posts: 1,119	I had one..one of the guys I was hunting with tripped and fell on it..broke my fore end __________________ "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." Sinclair Lewis, (It Can't Happen Here, 1935) "Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero

May 1, 2006, 02:48 PM	#14
Tommy Vercetti Senior Member Join Date: June 26, 2004 Location: Fairhope, Alabama Posts: 1,119	Elvis liked them __________________ "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." Sinclair Lewis, (It Can't Happen Here, 1935) "Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero

April 28, 2006, 08:15 AM	#2
Dave McC Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 13, 1999 Location: Columbia, Md, USA Posts: 8,811	People either love or hate the A-5. For some folks, the squared off receiver seems to hinder looking at the target. The stocks do not work for me. But, I admire the reliability, durability and record the A-5 has.

April 28, 2006, 09:30 AM	#3
bgoldhunter Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2005 Posts: 123	Jaymag, I've got to agree with you. It is a classic design that just keeps ticking....my only problem is I don't have enough!

April 28, 2006, 05:14 PM	#4
Huntergirl Senior Member Join Date: January 8, 2005 Location: Wyoming Posts: 907	Great shotty but not purtty at all.

April 28, 2006, 06:06 PM	#5
farmall Senior Member Join Date: December 7, 2004 Location: Beatrice Nebraska Posts: 613	Ditto on the A5, but I shoot model 11 Remingtons, myself. Love them, classic looks, deadly reliable. When someone says "automatic shotgun" the Browning design is what comes to my mind.

April 28, 2006, 10:32 PM	#7
farmall Senior Member Join Date: December 7, 2004 Location: Beatrice Nebraska Posts: 613	Saw a mod. 11 at Cabelas in Kansas City a few months back. It was marked "Property U.S. Gov't" and parkerized finish. Overall condition about 75%. Price marked $195.00. If the Warden (wife) hadn't been along, it'd be in my safe tonight.

April 29, 2006, 05:38 AM	#9
quack fiend Senior Member Join Date: March 2, 2005 Location: liberty, ms Posts: 268	dang farmall, that sounds like a STEAL--wish i lived close

April 29, 2006, 08:42 PM	#11
Captain Bligh Senior Member Join Date: April 5, 2000 Posts: 453	I have an A-5 Light 20. I love this gun. It's my favorite of my three shotguns. I'm tall with a long neck. The square receiver offers me the perfect sight plane. Browning should be beaten with a stick for discontinuing the A-5 -- although mine is probably worth more now than when I bought it in 1969.

May 1, 2006, 02:05 PM	#13
bgoldhunter Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2005 Posts: 123	I agree, no semi auto or pump is as pretty as the A5. Nothing else even compares!

May 2, 2006, 12:03 AM	#15
publius Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2005 Location: Mississippi/Texas Posts: 2,505	Not pretty? Blasphemy!!! Everything John Browning made was a work of art. Damn shame he isn't still around.

May 2, 2006, 04:00 PM	#16
Tommy Vercetti Senior Member Join Date: June 26, 2004 Location: Fairhope, Alabama Posts: 1,119	his Hi Power would have been a striker fired single stack __________________ "When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." Sinclair Lewis, (It Can't Happen Here, 1935) "Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak" Marcus Tullius Cicero