

Different settings can be found in the owner's manual.At the time, no comparably small. The friction rings are set based on the type of load to be fired through the gun. Setting these rings correctly is vital to good shotgun performance and to ensure a long life to the weapon, by controlling excessive recoil. The A-5 has a system of friction rings that control the rate of recoil. If the chamber is open (the operating handle is drawn back) the first shell loaded into the magazine tube will go directly into the chamber (there is an automatic bolt closing button under the ejection port), the bolt then closes, and all further shells fed into the gun go into the magazine. With the plug removed, the total capacity is five rounds. Federal migratory waterfowl laws, as well as some state hunting regulations.
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Most A-5s have removable plugs in the magazine which prevent more than three shells from being loaded (two in the magazine, plus one in the chamber) to comply with U.S. To load the gun, shells are fed into the bottom of the action, where they are pushed into the tubular magazine. This type of long recoil action was the first of its kind and patented in 1900 by John Browning. Then the bolt returns forward and feeds another shell from the magazine into the action. As the barrel returns forward to its initial position the bolt remains behind and thus the spent shell is ejected through a port on the top of the receiver. When a chambered shell is fired, the barrel and bolt recoil together (for a distance greater than the shell length) and re-cock the hammer. Shells are stored in a tubular magazine under the barrel. The Browning Auto-5 is a long-recoil operated semi-automatic shotgun. Design details īrowning Auto-5 in 20-gauge magnum (made in Japan). By that time, it was well established as the second-best-selling auto-loading shotgun in U.S. Finally, in 1998, manufacture of A-5s ceased except for a few commemorative models created at FN in 1999.

However, the majority of production moved to the Japanese company Miroku in 1975. In 1952, production of Browning models returned to FN, where it continued until the end.

Some 850,000 Remington Model 11 shotguns were produced before production ended in 1947. Unlike the Remington Model 11, the Remington-produced Browning shotguns had magazine cutoffs. The Auto-5 was produced by Remington alongside the Model 11 until FN could resume making the gun after the war. Production of the Auto-5 in Belgium continued until the start of World War II, when Browning moved production to Remington Arms in the United States. Browning's long-recoil design itself served as the operating system for subsequent Remington ( 11-48), Savage (755, 775) and Franchi ( AL-48) models. Savage Arms also licensed the design from Browning and produced it as their model 720 from 1930 to 1949, and their model 745 with an alloy receiver and two-shot magazine from 1941 to 1949. The Remington Model 11 was the first auto-loading shotgun made in the USA.
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Browning would later license the design to Remington, who produced it as their Model 11 (1905–1948). It was manufactured by FN (a company that had already produced Browning-designed pistols) starting in 1902. This forced Browning to look overseas to produce the shotgun. Tragically, the president of Remington died of a heart attack as Browning waited to offer them the gun. When Winchester refused his terms, Browning went to Remington. John Browning presented his design (which he called his best achievement) to Winchester, where he had sold most of his previous designs. The gun saw military service worldwide between World War I and the Vietnam War. A-5s were produced in a variety of gauges, with 12 and 20 predominating 16 gauge (not produced between 19) models were also available. This distinctive feature makes it easy to identify A-5s from a distance. The top of the action goes straight back on a level with the barrel before cutting down sharply towards the buttstock. It features a distinctive high rear end, earning it the nickname "Humpback". Designed by John Browning in 1898 and patented in 1900, it was produced continually for almost 100 years by several makers with production ending in 1998. The Browning Auto-5 was the first mass-produced semi-automatic shotgun.
