Just bought a 20 ga A5 Browning

[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.

[Bill Murphy]

My favorite squareback is a Model 11 Remington 20 gauge with a round top conversion and extended trigger assembly, probably made by Griffin and Howe or Abercrombie and Fitch. The stock was made to cover up the squareback, but I don't know why the trigger mechanism was moved back. I have seen one other like it, also a 20 gauge. No markings to identify the maker. Does anyone know what I have?

[Stepmac]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

My favorite squareback is a Model 11 Remington 20 gauge with a round top conversion and extended trigger assembly, probably made by Griffin and Howe or Abercrombie and Fitch. The stock was made to cover up the squareback, but I don't know why the trigger mechanism was moved back. I have seen one other like it, also a 20 gauge. No markings to identify the maker. Does anyone know what I have?

I had a similar gun, a Model 11 20 gauge. I shot it at skeet for two decades and loved that gun. Then I got sick and sold it, but wonder of wonders, I recovered and now my beautiful little 20 is gone. I like Model 11s better than Afives, (my computers five key has died), but I like them too.

[John Allen]

A lot of folks don't know that the round knob A5 20 gauge is the scarcest of the A5s. Browning did not start making 20s until 1958. In 1967,they went from the round knob to the square knob stock. So the round knob 20 was only made for 8 years. If you look on gunbroker or gunsinternational you will see 50 or 60 12s and sweet16s, but less than 10 20s and only one or two round knob 20s. Very hard to find.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

This just popped up on GI. Although, it's been re-done, it has nice wood and it's a good looking pre-war gun. It looks like a grade II or a transition to the grade I. Browning may be able to provide a letter on it saying what exactly it is; grade II or grade I. If desired, Art can reestablish the missing engraving around the bolt release button and the zigzag border. Or just shoot it the way it is. Only $900 bucks. Toys...
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