Browning Auto 5 Magnum Twenty shotgun with 27.5 inch barrel with excellent bore. Made in Belgium. 20 gauge with 3 inch chamber. Fixed 'Modified' choke measures.595'. Serial # indicates manufacture in 1971. NO saltwood issues. 1 = 1961, the year of manufacture Z is the letter code for the Auto-5 Light Twenty (as opposed to the Magnum Twenty) 55149 is the rest of the serial number sales@countrygunsmith.net.

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Confessions of a Browning A-5 Aficionado

By Randy Wakeman Browning auto 5 20 gauge serial numbers for sale

The Browning A-5, the most important semi-automatic shotgun ever made, is likelyalso one of the most misunderstood shotguns, despite its 110 year history. Thereis an amazing amount of misinformation and misunderstanding about what it was,what it is and what it does. Although at its best in the field, the A-5 won itsfair share of National Skeet Championships in the form of the Remington Model 11.Whether an A-5, the license-built Savage 720 or Remington Model 11, or theversions after the Browning patents ran out (Remington 11-48, Franchi AL48,etc.), the A-5 is easily the most influential shotgun ever made.

It was not designed to be quickly completely disassembled. The ultra-thin screws ofthe Belgian A-5 served as a deterrent to the would-be home gunsmith. Likelymore A-5's have been damaged by amateur smithing attempts than any other gun.The information is readily available on what to do, though. Anyone can downloadthe field service manual from Midwest Gun Works if they are curious. I'm oftenasked by people who have inherited or otherwise obtained fifty year old A-5's “what they should do.” Well, almostevery mechanical device that you care about deserves a professional serviceevery fifty or sixty years, whether you think it really needs it or not.

Art's Gun and Sports Shop of Hillsboro, Missouri is the best in the business. You cantune into Art's at http://www.artsgunshop.com and watch videos of Art Isaacson himself bringing an oldA-5 twenty gauge back to life. While periodic field-stripping, inspection,lubrication and normal cleaning is easy enough as described in the A-5 ownersmanual, beyond replacement of brass friction rings and a perhaps a recoilspring, the innards of an A-5 are best left off to a professional like Art whohas done thousands of them. It costs more to have to have a pro like Art firstundo a bad “fix” and then “re-fix” it the right way rather than just asking himto just do it right the first time.

The notion that an A-5 kicks extra hard is wrong. Properly set-up, they are one ofthe softest-shooting shotguns ever made, but only if you do your homework.Rumor has it that John Browning suggested 30W motor oil to lightly lubricatethe magazine tube. The first of the A-5 patents (No. 659507) was awarded on October 9, 1900. While that may wellbe, it all has to be put into context. The Ford Model T was introduced eightyears later, in 1908. We have far better-performing lubricants, protectants andmotor oils today.

My great-grandfather, George Chamberlain Wakeman, who I had the good fortune toknow quite well, was a farmer and commercial hunter. Aside from punt-guns, histwo favorite shotguns were a damascus-barreled Ithaca Side-by-Side and aRemington Model 11. Great Grandpa was very hard on his guns. They were justtools and he shot them to pieces and could rarely be accused of cleaning them.He shot the vent rib off of his Model 11 and just kept on shooting. When he wasdone hunting, the Model 11 always ended up in the same place, leaning on thewall behind the refrigerator.

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That Model 11 is still fully functional today. My grandfather's sole hunting gun formost all of his life was a Belgian A-5. My Dad saved his paper-route money andafter a couple of years bought a used Winchester 1897 12 gauge for his firstshotgun. That did the trick for a long while, but a very bad electrocutionrequired skin grafts and made his left hand temporarily worthless for shucking.Not letting accidental contact with an 11kV line ruin pheasant hunting, Dadwent the A-5 route, finding that he could balance the A-5 on the wrist of hisclaw-like left hand and still make it rain pheasants. Dad's hand got better,but the A-5 was there to stay. Many firearms aspire to be lifetime guns, butthe A-5 is the genuine article. A-5's have already made the trek through fivegenerations of Wakeman hunting, so I can personally attest that they are morethan just lifetime gun wannabees. A-5s are the real deal.

To finishup on the recoil notion, when I was in Argentina a few years back, one of thebird boys asked if I liked A-5s. Of course, the answer was yes. He proudlybrought out his A-5; to say it looked rode hard and put away wet would be anunderstatement. He asked if I wanted to try it and I said, “Of course.” Now,that A-5 kicked. It practically tore my shoulder off. I popped off the barreland there was no bronze friction piece, no bevel ring, no nothing. Just abarrel on a spring. I asked if he understood that some critical parts weremissing and he said, “The little pieces? Don't need them, threw them away tenyears ago.” I mentioned that he'd likely have a lot more comfortable gun withthose little pieces installed properly. He said, “No. This is the best. This isthe best gun ever. It never jam. It never jam.” I didn't doubt him. That A-5cycled just fine, even though the back of the receiver was pounded mercilesslywith every shot and apparently had been enduring that for years.

I've purchased countless A-5s over the years, new and used. To date, I have neverbought a used A-5 with the bronze friction piece and the bevel ring set upcorrectly, not one. Sure, I hear that A-5s kick. The first question is aboutthe friction piece and ring set-up. The normal reply is, “What is a frictionpiece?” So, there you go.

You'll also hear a lot about “the hump.” Actually, A-5s have no hump. Those with asincere interest in humps will refer to the Bactrian camel and the Dromedary.The Dromedary is the one hump camel, while the Bactrian has two. Those arelegitimate humps, far predating the A-5. The A-5 bears no resemblance toeither. The hump is just an inaccurate way to refer to a squared-off receiver,which isn't all that confusing to begin with. Most repeating shotgun receiversare squared off at the front and on the top, so the idea of another squared-offside should baffle no one.

The squared-off receiver of the A-5 serves a purpose, though. It provides aninstant, broad sighting plane that also removes any need for a barrel rib,ventilated or otherwise. All you see is top of the bead, whether or not yourA-5 has a barrel rib.

The A-5 design promotes keeping your head-up, with no stock-crawling. You won't hear ofpeople getting their faces slapped with the comb of an A-5 as it typically theside of your jaw you are shooting off of, not

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