I was given a mid-60’s vintage A-5 from my wife’s grandfather’s estate over forty years ago. It was well used. Had a straight bore, but was used for shooting clay pigeons over the iced up river in the winter. I refinished the stock to matte from glossy and bought a Miroku barrel with interchangeable chokes for bird hunting. My buddies with their O/U double barrels teased me about my gun sounding like a threshing machine at each shot. Got the job done. Never failed to fire no matter the ammo. Haven’t shot it in a while. But, it’s on standby ready to go.