Thanks guys for reassuring me I may have done good. I really like the idea of the long recoil actions. They are very mechanical, they need tuning at times. The other long recoil I have is a 1952 Remington 11-48 that my father left me.
Congratulations antman, the auto 5 will never let you down mechanically. In my part of the country, sometimes, the snow geese hunters drop their auto-5 into the mud and the gun will still cycle.