The Browning A5 isn’t exactly a “value” gun, but it is an excellent shotgun that gives modern duck hunters what they want—lightweight, dependable firepower By Phil Bourjaily Apr 14, 2022 ...

Browning A5 Hunter 20-Gauge Shotgun Review—Expert Tested. When Browning introduced the 12-gauge A5 a dozen or so years ago, a 20-gauge seemed like a natural follow-up.

Patterning the Browning A5 20 Gauge. The test gun we received came with only an IC choke, so that’s what I did my patterning work with (normally I’d run a modified choke). I shot five patterns from 40 ...

Final Thoughts on the Browning Auto 5 The new Browning A5 above the original Auto 5. Photo by Natalie Krebs. Yes, Browning makes an A5 today which resembles the humpback profile of the original Auto 5 ...

To fully understand today’s A5, let’s look back to the year 1899, four years before the first Browning Auto-5 shipped. Like many of today’s guns, this story begins at the workbench of John ...

John Browning had considered producing a 20-ga. Auto-5 as early as the 1920s, but he did not believe it could be produced in a weight significantly lighter than the 16 gauge and abandoned the idea.

The first successful autoloading shotgun was the legendary Auto-5, designed by John M. Browning at the turn of the last century. A lot has been written about the Auto-5, or “old humpback” as ...

Patterning the Browning A5 20 Gauge. The test gun we received came with only an IC choke, so that’s what I did my patterning work with (normally I’d run a modified choke).

Introduced in the early 20th century, the Browning Auto-5 was the first commercially successful autoloading shotgun. ... Click here to see 10 semi-automatic shotguns Americans are buying the most.

Since the days of the Browning A5, the semi-auto shotgun has come a long way. Originally produced as military weapon, it has now transitioned into competitive shooting and self defense.