OK, OK, So it's not a double..
 

...but I don't believe one can argue that it's not "FINE".
1960 Browning Auto Five "Light Twenty".

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What a great shooter. It points like the finger of GOD.
If you look closely, you can even see the "hump".
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mighty nice...charlie

God I love those, especially with the lighter wood. Yes, it is a FINE gun. And a great grouse gun to boot.

Love those Browning A-5 20 gauges. Especially the early round knob stocks before 1966. I just let my brother have a 1960 A-5 20 gauge new in the box to raffle off for his Quail unlimited banquet in southern Ohio last Saturday. I did keep a beautiful Browning Tolex case that I bought extra for the gun and probably will sell it or trade for a A+F Brady style case for one of my Parkers.

One of my favorites, bought a 63 vintage one at a mom and pop gun shop in Montana a couple years ago. Took it out opening day and went three for three on roosters

Browning Auto-5 20 gauge
 

Very nice indeed, even though it is a semi-auto.

Hard to beat!!!,

Takes me back many moons to hunting wild quail over Brittanies east of Blackwater Wildlife Refuge on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It was hard to miss one with an Auto 5 20 gauge!!

Newly Adopted
 

Since we are treading lightly on consecrated ground, I thought I would slip this one in this thread. I hope no one minds.

I just received one of the Fabled Browning Brothers A-5's from 1923 when the Browning Brothers Arms Co, Inc. started again to import the FN produced A5's into the states when Remington's sole US distribution agreement expired.

Will

Just splendid Bob, just splendid. What's not to like.

I really do like the 20g guns. They have great proportions. And that is a fine one.

As an aside, At ernies I will have for sale two new and unfired sweet 16s. From ‘66 and ‘67. The one from 1966 is in the box with all packing paper. They came from a collector who purchased them new.

Cool! I had not seen that marking before. I do not recall that even being mentioned in the book on A5s.

Vamderlinden & Shirley Reference
 

Brian,

They are mentioned in a Figure on page 101 for the 2nd Printing.

This gun does not have a barrel address at all and the other Receiver marked guns were the same way, that I have seen.

I have only seen 16 gauge guns and the Straight Stocked guns have the normal receiver address and only the barrel address, the Pistol Gripped guns have the special receiver address with no barrel address.

Will

I took mine, a light 20 gauge but no vent rib made in the 60’s to a sporting clays range last week. It was my first shotgun that I purchased. My second one was a Parker 16 on light frame………wish I never sold it.
At just about at every station it was the topic of conversation as most of the shooters had one but regretted selling it years ago.
They are really nice to handle.

I have had pristine early A-5 20s and Sweet 16s, but was tempted by astronomical resale prices and let them all go, one at a time. Now all I have is A-5 12s, one a near mint early fifties plain barrel IC choke and a thirties solid rib Cutts gun with a Parsons magazine and wonderful English Walnut stock and forearm. Aside from its collector interest, it is a scary home defense weapon with nine shot capacity.

Browning Auto-5 Twenty
 

I like them as well. This 1966 has two barrels and is in an Airways case.

I like the A5 light 20's also. Here is my 1959 Light 20 with a 28" vent ribbed barrel with the correct barrel address. I also have a mint 1961 Sweet Sixteen with two correct barrel addressed barrels, both 26" vent ribbed. One choked Mod, and the other Cyl. Please pardon the work bench pictures:)