Browning Auto A-5 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:43:36 +0000 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 23:43:36 +0000 Browning Owners https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?forums/browning-auto-a-5.129/ Mon, 10 Aug 2026 18:16:55 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/building-a-a5-frankenstein-from-scratch.12273/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/building-a-a5-frankenstein-from-scratch.12273/ Five.five-six Five.five-six
I have an old A5, I’ve had it for years. It was a US officers club gun near Nuremberg before it made its way to America. The engraving was done by a master, even though it technically detracts from the gun, it’s my gun and I wouldn’t...

Building a A5 Frankenstein from scratch.]]> 80 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:01:09 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/to-blue-or-not-to-blue.12314/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/to-blue-or-not-to-blue.12314/ Five.five-six Five.five-six
Somewhere along the line, I acquired the notion that refinishing a firearm diminishes it’s value however, watching several videos in the effort to learn how to piece an Auto 5 together I see several experts who do re-blue these shotguns and it seems to improve...

To blue or not to blue]]> 16 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:46:42 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a-prefix-in-serial-no-on-fn-light-12-not-a-16-gauge.12349/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a-prefix-in-serial-no-on-fn-light-12-not-a-16-gauge.12349/ Nick1 Nick1
I have a bit of a head scratcher and I'd be most grateful if anyone can help shed any light on this. I've inherited a Browning A5 light 12 made by FN. Apparently it was purchased new in the mid seventies.
The serial number is only 5 digits and starts with an "A" prefix but it's not a 16 gauge like all the serial number literature seems to suggest.
It's definitely a 12 gauge as confirmed stampings on the barrel. (Have also put a few hundred rounds of 12 gauge through it)

I called Art's...

"A" prefix in serial no. on FN Light 12 (not a 16 gauge)]]> 1 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:09:18 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/1951-browning-a5-manufactured-where-by-whom.12341/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/1951-browning-a5-manufactured-where-by-whom.12341/ Matthew Erwin Matthew Erwin
1951 Browning A5 manufactured where & by whom?]]> 12 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:35:22 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a5-light-twelve-factory-installed-poly-choke-barrel-found.12346/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a5-light-twelve-factory-installed-poly-choke-barrel-found.12346/ JJK1 JJK1
I think I may have found a barrel with an FN factory installed poly-choke.
I wonder if it’s worth anything (not really. I intend to wear it out) and wonder if it’s a rare item?
The reasons I think it probably is done by FN are:

1. The dealer code listed in H. M. Shirley’s book is #9 for FN, and 11 for Browning. The code on the collar of this poly-choke reads #09 oriented as pictured in the book....

A5 Light Twelve Factory installed Poly-choke barrel found?]]> 6 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:59:10 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a-restoration-or-a-renovation.11381/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a-restoration-or-a-renovation.11381/ Biz Biz Here is a nice grade 4 that was, following the seller, fully restore. Don’t you find something is not consistent with the era. I wish we can also see the buttplate.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/932927922]]> 110 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 12:36:03 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/16-type-2-comes-home.12340/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/16-type-2-comes-home.12340/ Jta5er Jta5er



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16 type 2 comes home]]> 3 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:59:14 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/special-pour-tir-aux-pigeons.12334/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/special-pour-tir-aux-pigeons.12334/ Rudolph31 Rudolph31
https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...-for-pigeons-gold-inlaid.cfm?gun_id=103652162]]> 20 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:46:29 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/b%C3%A9casse-woodcock-grade.12336/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/b%C3%A9casse-woodcock-grade.12336/ Biz Biz https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...for-woodcock-gold-inlaid.cfm?gun_id=103651961]]> 2 Sat, 30 May 2026 16:22:37 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/x-prefix-16%E2%80%99s.10985/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/x-prefix-16%E2%80%99s.10985/ win7stw win7stw
https://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=297760

However I have seen a 1948 gun that was an unmarked sweet and it had Browning Arms Company St Louis Mo on the left hand side of the receiver. The only thing I can come up with is that it was a left over receiver?

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X prefix 16’s]]> 51 Mon, 25 May 2026 02:46:09 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/miroku-auto5-question.12270/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/miroku-auto5-question.12270/ Bill Idaho Bill Idaho
Miroku Auto5 question.]]> 17 Sun, 24 May 2026 22:04:28 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/1971-3mag-12-ga-question.12331/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/1971-3mag-12-ga-question.12331/ Bill Idaho Bill Idaho I looked it over, and after finding no apparent issues, struck a deal ( did I mention a DEAL!?) shook hands and took it home. He said he bought it new back in 1980 (?) and shot geese with it until lead shot was outlawed.

As usual, I immediately took it all apart and discovered very little wear, all the springs were well within...

1971 3'mag 12 ga question.]]> 4 Wed, 06 May 2026 03:03:49 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/2-piece-carrier-experiment.12329/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/2-piece-carrier-experiment.12329/ BrentC BrentC
When everything arrived, I gave the...

2-Piece Carrier Experiment]]> 3 Sun, 03 May 2026 19:19:26 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/1925-12g-questions.12277/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/1925-12g-questions.12277/ Bob Hunt Bob Hunt
1925 12g questions]]> 13 Sun, 03 May 2026 12:12:37 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/1947-light-twelve.12324/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/1947-light-twelve.12324/ Rudolph31 Rudolph31



I’ve been wanting one of these for a long time. I sold the one I had to a buddy, thinking I’d find a nicer one. It’s been over 10 years and I never saw another one until BrentC pointed this one out to me:...

1947 Light Twelve]]> 34 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 13:22:35 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/first-year-sweet-16.12327/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/first-year-sweet-16.12327/ BrentC BrentC
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1161112515]]> 1 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 12:21:39 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/light-twenty-value.12265/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/light-twenty-value.12265/ BrentC BrentC
I know twenty's are wild right now, but I just can't commit.

What do you guys think?]]> 11 Sun, 26 Apr 2026 11:56:44 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/100-year-old-club.12325/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/100-year-old-club.12325/ BrentC BrentC
The odd thing is that it doesn't have a Browning address anywhere. I figure since it says "Full 16 Special Steel" instead of "Acier Special" that it's an American Market gun....

100 year old club]]> 7 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 11:22:50 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/quiz.12321/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/quiz.12321/ Biz Biz ]]> 17 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:25:15 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/trigger-sting.12323/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/trigger-sting.12323/ Rudolph31 Rudolph31 The Princess and the Pea at first but some very experienced Auto-5 guys experienced it too. So I’m wondering if anyone here has ever had their trigger finger stung by one of our favorite shotguns.

https://www.shotgunworld.com/threads/trigger-sting.101859/#replies]]> 7