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NOW SOLD AND IN ARCHIVES. I DO TRY TO FIND MORE AND HAVE OTHERS IN STOCK, THOUGH CURRENTLY NONE QUITE AS NICE.
BROWNING A5 12G SEMI AUTOMATIC SHOTGUN.
EXCELLENT CONDITION F.N. Browning Auto 5 Semi-automatic 12g shotgun. The barrel is chambered for 2 ¾”(70mm) cartridges and comes fixed choke which is currently at a quarter restriction.
The unribbed 27 ½” (700mm) barrel has only a simple raised front bead sight. The rounded Prince of Wales gripped stock has quite a long length of pull at 15 ¼” (383mm) which finishes the gun off at 1/8” short of 48” (1215mm). The chequering is still crisp and sharp to the touch too. It has obviously spent most of its life at home in the gun cabinet.
This is quite a heavy gun, weighing in at 8Lbs 7 ½ oz (3.843Kg). As such it should handle heavier loads with minimal recoil. As always it is generally a trade off as the heavier gun the more it will take up felt recoil BUT the harder it is to carry about for long periods. This is in near IMMACULATE condition given the date stamp sets production to 1966. That makes it 54 years old! The action is simply engraved with BROWNING to the left hand side.
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The Browning Auto 5 was the first reliable semi-automatic production shotguns ever created and forms the basis of every other semi-auto shotgun since. Take one apart and you start to understand just how clever this Browning fella was. The design and construction is simply phenomenal with examples approaching 100 years and older still function flawlessly. It makes me wonder how well a modern counterpart would measure up after that long!
THE STEEL SHOT DEBACLE?
FIRST THING: Given lead is SO dangerous, can we ask about getting every lead water main replaced? After all, ANYONE with one of those still supplying water has zero choice. LETS PUT THAT QUESTION TO HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE AS WELL AS THE GOVERNMENT.
That is every child’s grazed knee washed out with lead infested water (direct into their blood stream. Every glass of juice. Every cup of tea or coffee, Vegetables washed and cooked in the stuff. ALL that DELICIOUS Gravy. Cloths washed in it. Then we bath in the sodding lead infested stuff!
HOW DO THEY DEFEND THIS FACT?
THEN THERE ARE more and more Non-Toxic Shot alternatives being produced. WITH near matching performances to traditional lead and close to, if not matching pressures. Take a look at Horton Gunmakers for their own entry into this debacle of modern-day shooting. APPARENTLY so lethally deadly to shooters and game eaters? How is it every old lead water main supply pipe is not getting ripped out and replaced? To my mind it’s a DISGRACE that the shooting industry did not simply ask that one simple question. NO, they saw an excuse to charge a fortune and that mainly to the detriment of the quarry. Just my opinion …..for what its worth?
Anyway, take a look for yourself:
NOW, TRY and help speed up availability. I WILL suggest that YOU pass on details to everyone you know who shoots. Then ask whoever we buy from WHY they are not DEMANDING cartridges made in this material? Basically VOTE with your WALLET.
YES, it will take a little time for everything to filter through, but patience IS a virtue. It also allows everyone who wants to keep hold of their ‘old favourite’ for the rest of their lives. Even pass it on to the next generation and hopefully beyond!
On that note I AM looking into the possibility of stocking some direct from Steve at Hortons. RING for an update and keep checking the web site.
