Browning "Light 12"

TahoeDust · February 13, 2015, 01:58 PM

I just had my '63 Belgium Browning A5 Light 12 professionally cleaned this week...even had the gold trigger replaced. What a beautiful and sweet shooting gun. Any other Browning A5 enthusiasts out there?

Auto5 · February 13, 2015, 11:37 PM

My first gun was (and still is) a magnum 20 A5, purchased for the princely sum of $207.95 in 1971. Keeping my eyes open for a matching light 12 from the same era.

shortwave · February 15, 2015, 12:54 AM

Like them as well TahoeDust.

Had two and gave one to my son.

The one I kept I've had for about 30yrs. It doesn't get out of the safe much these days but I still do get it out for a squirrel hunt a couple times a year. Really love the way it shoulders.

mxsailor803 · February 15, 2015, 07:39 PM

YEP!!! I've got 5 Belguims right now. Std 12 and 16, 2 SweetSixteens, and one Light 12. Something about these shotguns just feel right. The Stds I got from each of my grandfathers and they have been heavily used. I've got almost no bluing on the barrels. 1 SweetSixteen was my dads first shotgun in 1959. The Light 12 was given to me by dad on my 21st bday. I picked up the other SweetSixteen at a gunshow a couple years ago. Oh, and all of mine work like champs!

Drm50 · February 18, 2015, 05:59 PM

I got a Light 12 about 36yrs. ago. It had been run over by a station wagon. Guy
was loading up his rabbit dogs and forgot about his gun. Run over the barrel.
Came to see me about getting barrel. At the time Browning barrel cost about
same as a Rem. 1100. Sold me gun for $50. I was able to save 23 3/4" of
barrel. Put Williams shorty ramp and Rem 700 rear sight on it. I ended up with
best slug gun in the county. Guys were always pestering me to buy it. Still have
it and wouldn't trade it for new one. I never used my 1100 or 870 again for
Deer hunting.

February 13, 2015, 01:58 PM	#1
TahoeDust Member Join Date: September 10, 2013 Posts: 38	Browning "Light 12" I just had my '63 Belgium Browning A5 Light 12 professionally cleaned this week...even had the gold trigger replaced. What a beautiful and sweet shooting gun. Any other Browning A5 enthusiasts out there?

February 13, 2015, 11:37 PM	#2
Auto5 Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2013 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 662	My first gun was (and still is) a magnum 20 A5, purchased for the princely sum of $207.95 in 1971. Keeping my eyes open for a matching light 12 from the same era. __________________ At the young age of five, a bear told me that I was the only person who could prevent forest fires. Why I was chosen, I'll never know.

February 18, 2015, 05:59 PM	#5
Drm50 Senior Member Join Date: November 10, 2014 Posts: 1,380	Light 12 I got a Light 12 about 36yrs. ago. It had been run over by a station wagon. Guy was loading up his rabbit dogs and forgot about his gun. Run over the barrel. Came to see me about getting barrel. At the time Browning barrel cost about same as a Rem. 1100. Sold me gun for $50. I was able to save 23 3/4" of barrel. Put Williams shorty ramp and Rem 700 rear sight on it. I ended up with best slug gun in the county. Guys were always pestering me to buy it. Still have it and wouldn't trade it for new one. I never used my 1100 or 870 again for Deer hunting.

February 15, 2015, 12:54 AM	#3
shortwave Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2007 Location: SOUTHEAST, OHIO Posts: 5,970	Like them as well TahoeDust. Had two and gave one to my son. The one I kept I've had for about 30yrs. It doesn't get out of the safe much these days but I still do get it out for a squirrel hunt a couple times a year. Really love the way it shoulders.

February 15, 2015, 07:39 PM	#4
mxsailor803 Senior Member Join Date: February 8, 2010 Location: SC Posts: 1,344	YEP!!! I've got 5 Belguims right now. Std 12 and 16, 2 SweetSixteens, and one Light 12. Something about these shotguns just feel right. The Stds I got from each of my grandfathers and they have been heavily used. I've got almost no bluing on the barrels. 1 SweetSixteen was my dads first shotgun in 1959. The Light 12 was given to me by dad on my 21st bday. I picked up the other SweetSixteen at a gunshow a couple years ago. Oh, and all of mine work like champs!