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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!
