The production of the Auto-5 began in 1902. The same gun was produced here in the US, after initiation of punitive tariffs on the Belgian guns, by Remington Arms as the Model 11 and later 11-48 (which differs from the Model 11 in the shape of its machined steel receiver and the use of cheaper stamped steel internal parts).įrom Browning's site we have this information on the guns. The safety can be, with the skills of a gunsmith (the official word), reversed for left-handed shooters. These guns are a long-recoil operated, 5-shot (3-shot with plug for migratory birds), and semi-automatic. I have to admit I'd looked at the same gun and contemplated the same action! Oh, how loud were the cries about ruining a Belgian Browning! A real collectible done away with! Of course, so far as I know all the Japanese Brownings have vent ribs and aren't quite so suitable for this operation. It was then that I discovered that not everyone sees this as a good thing. Recently, a customer at Nuckol's bought a plain barrel Auto-5 and didn't even take it home before having the barrel cut down. Those aren't particularly punishing from any gun! Note: Brownells sells spring and friction ring kits for those old guns which is necessary to restore proper operation. I don't think a properly set up gun is a particularly hard kicker but most of my shooting with one has been with skeet loads. However, those many Saturdays or Sundays of observing his shooting and getting a little trigger time on his gun (with my ammo) did instill some fondness for the gun. Amazing to me at the time, as after some 10,000 rounds I hadn't achieved that level of skill.
He had a Belgian Browning Auto-5 and would shoot the targets from the hip with his gun.
I remember we had a man, last name of Shifflett, with whom we used to shoot skeet. in need of replacement or because the friction ring isn't set up correctly. The main reasons that these guns might have heavier than normal recoil is due to the recoil spring being "tired", i.e. These guns are pretty neat, but some have given them a reputation as relatively hard "kickers". Lee Ermey shoot one on his show, "Locked and Loaded", in an episode about shotguns. Just the other day my friend John H_ and I were talking and he mentioned his cut down Browning Auto-5 (something like the one in the photo).
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