6 Long Guns - What do I have? (Part 2)

[lenny7]

Continuing from here.

Guns 5 & 6:

5. Fabrique Natoinale D'Ammes De Guerre Herstal Belgique
in small letters "Brownings Patent Depose"
Made in Belgium
12ga, semi-auto
"Full 12 Special Steel"
S/N 120xxx
You can push the barrel about an inch into the receiver...appears to be spring loaded. I've never shot a semi-auto shotgun...is this normal?
Some bastard butchered the stock and added a recoil pad

6. Browning Arms Co
20ga, semi-auto
"Special Steel 20 Gauge Shells 2 3/4"
S/N C86xx
Same deal with the spring loaded barrel.

[mnglocker]

The FN is a Browning A-12 patern Semi-auto. Err A-5's that's the number. It's late and I don't pay too much attention to the semi-autos of the shotgun world.

[1911fan]

They are both A5's for fifth design autoloading shotgun. I would be very willing to talk to you about the twenty gauge. They were designed by JMB himself

[White Horseradish]

You can push the barrel about an inch into the receiver...appears to be spring loaded. I've never shot a semi-auto shotgun...is this normal?

On most autoloading shotguns - no. On that one - yes.

The A-5 is a recoil-operated gun. Most autoloading shotguns today are gas operated. Like 1911fan said, the design is by JMB himself. The triggers on them usually feel like SA pistol triggers. The same design was also manufactured by Remington (Model 11), Savage (755?) and Winchester (Model 11 "Widowmaker"). A few modern designs are derived from it, too.

They are nice guns, and work well as long as you have the adjusting rings set correctly for the load you are shooting. Setting them too light can crack the forend and setting them too heavy will make the gun have trouble feeding and ejecting.

I have the Remington version - the first US-made autoloading shotgun. Mine was made in February of 1930 and still works great.

[mnglocker]

I have the Remington version - the first US-made autoloading shotgun. Mine was made in February of 1930 and still works great.

Post a pic. I've got a 57' or 58' vintage Remington 58 Sportsman in 3"Mag in pretty darned good shape. I <3 it.

[DeanC]

Pinnacle will be along shortly to drool over these. He loves that humpback receiver.

[1911fan]

While everyone is drooling. I have a sweet sixteen A5 that someone dicked up a dial a duck on it. I would love to find another barrel. Plain or vent.

[Pinnacle]

Pinnacle will be along shortly to drool over these. He loves that humpback receiver.

Yup - I was having a "private moment"

Those are COOL guns that work the same now as they did then. Nice Pair.

[lenny7]

Nice Pair.

I've never had a guy tell me that before.

[Pat]

Nice Pair.

I've never had a guy tell me that before.

Watch out for Peanuckle

[White Horseradish]

While everyone is drooling. I have a sweet sixteen A5 that someone dicked up a dial a duck on it. I would love to find another barrel. Plain or vent.

Mine is dicked up the same way - the damn thing looks like a muzzle brake from a tank. Never could figure out why someone would want to put a compensator on a recoil operated gun. I picked up another one that has a plain barrel and fixed choke but no wood. It's later production and swapping barrels is a tricky thing - the old action won't feed with new barrel. Works great if I single-load through the port, so it's fine for trap. I'm trying to find a stock so that I can have two running ones.