Are you curious about how the magic of the Browning Auto 5 works ?

[wm]

Mark explains it here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHGYomrC5hU&t=702s

I know some of you subscribe to YouTube channels for education and infotainment …… I would strongly encourage you to include C&Rsenal in your subscriptions. Really good stuff.

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[.45colt]

Great Link.! I got My first Auto 5 last spring and I feel like I cheated Myself all these years. not hard at all to setup the friction rings for light or heavy loads. shooting clays it points very well and I don't think about the humpback. I love the way it recoils, like everything that John Browning designed it feels solid as a rock . I'm looking for a 20 gauge to go with the 12 . here is a great illustration of how the action works. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MfLYgTe6NI

[gamekeeper]

I once met an old lady that had a Sweet 16 she called it her "gangster gun" when I tried to buy it she had handed it in to the police

[marlinman93]

Although I admire the Auto 5 design, I never felt they fit me well. I always had trouble hitting clay pigeons with the one I owned as it seemed to shoot low when I aimed at them. I'd have to pull up on them and then fire just as I covered the clay bird with the front bead in order to hit. Just wasn't conducive to shooting good scores for me.
On the other hand my 1982 Winchester 1400 has always been a less attractive gun, but my favorite shooting shotgun. I bought it new in 1982 and ordered the then optional Winchoke barrel, and 4 choke tubes. I've used it for decades to shoot trap, and also a bunch of upland game birds successfully.

[Bullard4075]

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