Browning A5 Returns

[Fourtyfive]

Browning North America's Official Web Site -- Firearms -- Rifles -- Over and Under Shotguns -- Guns

[Fourtyfive]

No comments , whats up I know a bunch of y'all have and love your old A5's............

[Caster]

An A5 with a black stock.....I'm not a shotgun aficionado but that looks like vomit to me. A5 always meant class to me.

[mikegideon]

An A5 with a black stock.....I'm not a shotgun aficionado but that looks like vomit to me. A5 always meant class to me.

A5 Hunter...

The New A5 -- Come Hell or High Water - Browning Article

[Guest chrisdridley]

That ain't no A5.....I got an A5 and it don't look no where near as ugly as that.

That must be one of them China made guns.

[Fourtyfive]

I have 3 old A5's , not wanting praise , just opinions. Guess I got them ..........

[RobertNashville]

You don't have to get the synthetic stock although if you are going to get wet with it then it's probably not a bad idea.

There is no shotgun on the planet better than a Browning Auto Five...old or new; at least that's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.

[Guest m14man]

its a not a redo totally new gun for browning. i personaly like the looks but to each his own,its more like a benelli than a old a5, inertia driven action.

[Caster]

Yeah, I see that now. DEFINITELY better with wood. Nice looking gun, so I'll retract the comment I made and replace it: As nice as it looks, why did they feel the need to change it? I'll never understand why somethings cannot be brought back unchanged. The square butt end of the receiver looked better IMO with the SQUARE end, not the smoothed and radiused end they have now. NIce gun, but I guess man doesn't know how to make anything new and improved unless they change he whole thing.

[gregintenn]

As much as I admire John Moses Browning, I've never been a fan of the old A-5. Sort of like Elvis, if I didn't like the real thing, I'm probably not going to care for an impersonator.

[Guest m14man]

inertia drive is a much better design for a recoil operated gun, the orginal is a great desing but this one is much simple and kicks a whole lot less. benelli's success seems to show there is a market for a recoil operated gun,all the things everyone brags on the benelli for would also apply to this design only its a browning.

[Guest m14man]

oh yea biggest complaint ive heard on the benelli is that they are to space age looking this seems like a smart move by browning. new technology in a retro styling,retro is in look at the auto market.

[RobertNashville]

I have to admit that my love of the Auto Five is quit a bit fostered by nostalgia. When I was a kid hunting with my Dad and my uncle (the uncle I mentioned in another thread as providing much of my interest in firearms), my Dad owned an Auto Five that I thought was about the most beautiful gun I had ever seen or have ever seen. My Dad eventually sold that Browning to my uncle and I"m sure it will get passed to my cousin now that my uncle is gone.

I also just happen to love the Browning brand...my skeet gun is a Citori that never ceases to get admiration from those who have shot it, even those with much more expensive shotguns.

I really have no need for another shotgun but I may have to pick up one of these new ones!

[mikegideon]

I have to admit that my love of the Auto Five is quit a bit fostered by nostalgia. When I was a kid hunting with my Dad and my uncle (the uncle I mentioned in another thread as providing much of my interest in firearms), my Dad owned an Auto Five that I thought was about the most beautiful gun I had ever seen or have ever seen. My Dad eventually sold that Browning to my uncle and I"m sure it will get passed to my cousin now that my uncle is gone.

I also just happen to love the Browning brand...my skeet gun is a Citori that never ceases to get admiration from those who have shot it, even those with much more expensive shotguns.

I really have no need for another shotgun but I may have to pick up one of these new ones!

Basically the same here. The Auto 5 was and is a great gun. It was the best when I was a young 'un. Nowadays, I have one of the Silver gas guns. I like it getter.