![]() History of the Browning Auto 5ĭeveloped in 1902, Browning shopped the design around, Winchester refused his terms and an agreement with Remington came unglued when their president died of a heart attack as they worked out terms. Tools are important to us, meant to be used. Some uncovered, some lost in the ether forever. All family pieces with unique stories to tell. Nostalgia.įour of them take up space in my cabinet. They may not be elegant, or carry an air of sophisticated aesthetic, but there aren’t many heirloom semi-autos in the shotgunning world that hold a candle to John Browning’s Auto 5 (now affectionately known as the A5) in many categories. Do-it-all tools for any species on the wing. The Browning Auto 5 holds a legacy inside the upland hunting community for American shotgun designs New England Grouse Shooting, by William Harnden Foster.The Upland Shooting Life, by George Bird Evans.Straight grip, round knob pistol grip, long barrels, short barrels, tight chokes or open, you could get an A-5 in just about any configuration you wanted. Sales of FN-manufactured Browning’s were brisk and soon 16- and 20-gauge offerings joined the lineup. Browning’s long-recoil design, which sent the bolt and barrel backwards at the same time, cycled spent shells fast with minimal maintenance. Even after waterfowl hunters were limited to three shotshells, it was still more firepower than a single-shot or double gun. The Auto-5 and the U.S-made Remington Model 11 (Browning sold the design rights of the A-5 to the American gunmaker) revolutionized shotguns, because hunters could go afield with a gun that held five rounds instead of one or two. The Auto-5 Becomes Iconic The original A-5 was built into the late 1990s. And when Browning couldn’t strike deals with Winchester or Remington to build the Auto-5, he naturally turned to FN and the “Belgian-made Browning” was born. ![]()
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