I always wanted an A-5 when I was growing up. Dad was a strict sxs man so that is what he got me for Christmas when I was 12 or so. Shot the heck out of it on everything with our doubles. Dad even shot a 12 point buck with a slug using his double.
I finally got to shoot several A-5's over the years. Never could get used to the "hump" and the recoiling barrel.
Closest I came was a Franchi 3" auto that I got for ducks and geese. Loved that gun. And I actually hit what I aimed at!
Sold it when steel shot became mandatory. Duck and goose hunting was expensive enough and that was just too much for a poor school teacher.
By the way, my dad was a police officer. His favorite shotgun for police work? He ususally road with a Rem 11.
