greenwellg
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I went there just looking but found this beauty for $675, just about perfect 1957 date, G69405. Same year as one of my K22 Masterpieces.
Hampton show A5
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THE PILGRIM
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Brings back some memories!
Way back, bought one at Sears in Indianapolis.
And among other game, took a nice Buck down at Camp Atterbury, IN.
Way back, bought one at Sears in Indianapolis.
And among other game, took a nice Buck down at Camp Atterbury, IN.
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bananaman
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Nice! You can't help loving Browning A5's! The 1st one I ever shot was when a friend and I were hunting, (early 70's) His was a Sweet 16 Model. Said would get 1 someday and picked up a (marked used but was new unfired) A-5 Magnum (12) at a local gun show. It was unfired. Bob
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Hampton show was one of the best in Tidewater 30+ years ago. Used to set up there or help buddy with his tables.
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Then we met already. First time at the Fairgrounds was 1971.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Graduated high school in 1968 in Hampton.
Graduated high school in 1968 in Hampton.
My younger brother has my dad's, he bought it the 50's, it's in great shape, probably hasn't been fired in 40 years. My uncle had one, also purchased in the 50's, was in nice shape but unfortunately he had a compensator installed, ruined any collector value. They are a great shotgun that still has a following to this day.
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Yep........To this day........I regularly shoot my 12 ga & 20 A5,,,,,,,,,,The "new" A5 ain't nothin but a hump backed Benelli.
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I used to shoot skeet at the end of the runway at Langley Air Force Base, the home of the first tactical fighter wing.
I bought a Remington 3200 with the three sets of insert barrels but never got the hang of it. The best I ever did was with a plain old A5 just like this one, got to 99/100 one time.
On one trip to the skeet range I was driving along the main runway in my 1976 280Z that I had modified significantly. To my amazement here comes Air Force 1 landing on the runway about 200 yards to the right of me. I had that A5 and a couple hundred rounds of either 8 or 9 shot reloaded by my older brother. I drove to the range and did my shooting then going home I am driving the opposite direction at almost exactly the same spot and there goes AF1 taking off of the same runway. GHW Bush was in that plane and I was a civilian.
You can bet that will never happen again.
I bought a Remington 3200 with the three sets of insert barrels but never got the hang of it. The best I ever did was with a plain old A5 just like this one, got to 99/100 one time.
On one trip to the skeet range I was driving along the main runway in my 1976 280Z that I had modified significantly. To my amazement here comes Air Force 1 landing on the runway about 200 yards to the right of me. I had that A5 and a couple hundred rounds of either 8 or 9 shot reloaded by my older brother. I drove to the range and did my shooting then going home I am driving the opposite direction at almost exactly the same spot and there goes AF1 taking off of the same runway. GHW Bush was in that plane and I was a civilian.
You can bet that will never happen again.
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Vintage Browning shotguns are my favorite! I have a vintage A5 and a vintage Superposed. Those two have been my hunting guns, trap, skeet and sporting clay guns for many decades! At one time I had well over a dozen and a half shotguns but have been selling some of the ones I don't use anymore. My two Brownings will be comin' with me - lol!
Your A5 is in very nice shape! Hope you use it in good health! Shoot the heck out if it - they never seem to wear out!
HINT: Use 30 weight, non detergent motor oil on the outside if the magazine tube. Apply a small amount and then wipe it off. You only want a very small and light amount of the heavy oil on the A5's magazine tube as the friction ring must still induce friction. If you use a thin oil or an overly slick oil, the barrel will recoil too fast and could effect feeding and extraction. Use this straight 30 weight, non detergent motor oil ONLY on the outside of the magazine tube - but nowhere else.
REMEMBER: The recoil operated shogun's friction ring is meant to have friction and slow down the barrel moving rearward. If it moves back too fast, feeding and extracting issues might occur. Many A5 owners fail to understand the A5's mechanism and think that thinner and slicker lubrication is better - in this case it is not! In the case of the A5, the recoil speed is what makes or breaks the reliability of extraction. Use this suggested method and you will be golden! They explain this in older instruction manuals that came with the A5 but many owners fail to actually read them.
NOTE: pay attention to the friction ring setting and positions for both target and hunting loads. If the factory picture and instruction sheet is still underneath the forearm, great. If it is not or it is unreadable anymore, you can go online and just print a new one.
Your A5 is in very nice shape! Hope you use it in good health! Shoot the heck out if it - they never seem to wear out!
HINT: Use 30 weight, non detergent motor oil on the outside if the magazine tube. Apply a small amount and then wipe it off. You only want a very small and light amount of the heavy oil on the A5's magazine tube as the friction ring must still induce friction. If you use a thin oil or an overly slick oil, the barrel will recoil too fast and could effect feeding and extraction. Use this straight 30 weight, non detergent motor oil ONLY on the outside of the magazine tube - but nowhere else.
REMEMBER: The recoil operated shogun's friction ring is meant to have friction and slow down the barrel moving rearward. If it moves back too fast, feeding and extracting issues might occur. Many A5 owners fail to understand the A5's mechanism and think that thinner and slicker lubrication is better - in this case it is not! In the case of the A5, the recoil speed is what makes or breaks the reliability of extraction. Use this suggested method and you will be golden! They explain this in older instruction manuals that came with the A5 but many owners fail to actually read them.
NOTE: pay attention to the friction ring setting and positions for both target and hunting loads. If the factory picture and instruction sheet is still underneath the forearm, great. If it is not or it is unreadable anymore, you can go online and just print a new one.
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"Back in the day" it seemed every other guy in the hunt club had one of those. Usually 12 ga, with a 30" full choke barrel. I always said I didn't like them, but to honest, that was because I couldn't afford one. By the time I could afford one, I couldn't change my story, so I ended up as a Remington 1100 guy. I wasn't too disappointed really.
That is a nice one. Enjoy it.
That is a nice one. Enjoy it.
That’s a phenomenal example OP, and at $675??!! 
I haven’t been to the Hampton show in years. Looks like I may need to head down there for a show one of these days.
I haven’t been to the Hampton show in years. Looks like I may need to head down there for a show one of these days.
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Like to meet at the Fairgrounds or the Showplace, but I haven't heard of a show at the Showplace in a while. If that works for you lunch is on me.
At some of the TN shows there was a guy who had an entire table of nothing but A5 models. I would stand there & just drool as I couldn't afford them. All were pristine looking, but I never picked one up.
I eventually found & bought a used one. Still have it too.
I eventually found & bought a used one. Still have it too.
