Just bought a 20 ga A5 Browning

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Steve McCarty

I have an auto five with a "skeet" choke tube screwed into it, and it is a Belgium gun. I have no idea what kind of a choke tube it is. No brand name on it.

Late entry: the screw in choke is a Colonial. It is a thin wall choke. I bought a Colonial Cylinder Bore gold thin wall choke and screwed it in. Looks nice. I kept the Skeet choke and might use it as well. So now I have two screw in chokes for my 1952 Belgium Auto 5. Gun looks new. Neat.

[ReliableRick]

Originally Posted by Steve McCarty

Late entry: the screw in choke is a Colonial. It is a thin wall choke. I bought a Colonial Cylinder Bore gold thin wall choke and screwed it in. Looks nice. I kept the Skeet choke and might use it as well. So now I have two screw in chokes for my 1952 Belgium Auto 5. Gun looks new. Neat.

I would love to find a non fixed choke barrel for mine. No idea where to look here in Canada.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

Originally Posted by Rick Ornato

I would love to find a non fixed choke barrel for mine. No idea where to look here in Canada.

Start here, be patient and you'll get what you're looking for.

https://www.gunsinternational.com/gu...c906_p1_o6.cfm

[10 bore]

Originally Posted by Rick Ornato

I would love to find a non fixed choke barrel for mine. No idea where to look here in Canada.

Ebay , they show up there

[Rick Roemer]

I love Browning auto 5s. My first “real” gun was a Remington model 11 20 gauge. Still have it. When I could afford the Belgian Brownings I acquired one of each gauge. Good price on your’s. Mine are all 1963 models. All Auto 5s are great guns. Historical time piece. Enjoy!

[6pt-Sika]

As a kid I thought A-5’s were it and wanted one . In later life got a Lite 12 , Lite 20 , a couple 12 MAG’s and a 20 MAG all Belgium made . Also got into model 11’s a few years back and at one point had six three 20’s , two 12’s and a 16 . Truth be told I shot the 11’s a good bit more than the Brownings and actually thought the 11’s felt a bit better in my hands . But regardless I liked them both .

[Stepmac]

I shot skeet for a decade with a Remy Model 11 20. I loved that little gun and did well with it. Then I got sick and thought it was over and I sold it. I recovered but the little 20 is gone. You have to kind of get used to looking over the hump and the barrel movement is a bit of a handfull. Sometimes it seems as if the gun is trying to jump out of your hands. But I love those Browning Auto fives.

[Harold Pickens]

Hey Allen, at least it doesn't have a black polymer stock. Sounds like a good deal to me.

[William Woods]

My father bought a new 12 gauge Auto 5 and did not like it. Dad said it was to heavy to carry in the field all day and he was staring into that "hump" every time he threw it up to his shoulder. He traded the Browning for a Remington 878 with a 28" modified choke and promptly had the barrel shortened. He never bought another shotgun. I never saw him miss a bird. That 878 rests in my gun safe, and will until I am gone. Unfortunately, there is no one else in the family that appreciates firearms that I can leave it to.

[Tennessee Dave]

My dad had a 16 ga. A-5 with serial number 1912.I always thought that meant the date of manufacture when I was growing up. When my dad was in his mid 80's unfortunately, he sold it for $250 to a cousin of my wife. I was very pissed at both my dad and wife's cousin and tried to find out who ended up with the gun but never did. I ended up buying a 12 ga. A-5 that was made in 1927 about 5 years ago that was in great condition but later sold it to a coworker that wouldn't stop begging me to sell it to him.