|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 20,812
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 20,812 |
Never realized you could get an Auto 5 at 5 pounds 11 ounces. Nice!!!!
Last edited by battue; 02/25/24.
laissez les bons temps rouler
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 3,167
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Apr 2017
Posts: 3,167 |
So if the shooting style called for more drop, then were they anchoring more of their chin than the cheek bone? It would seem they had to be....or they would be looking directly into the wall.
Many things today are different than "back in history", reason being better options. Oh, Gawd no. In the "old days" the head was held slightly more upright rather than pushed down and forward on the comb. Rather than being tight to the cheekbone as many use today, the comb is in light contact with the cheekbone. We ain't talking a 4" difference in drop and that "wall" is not any more visible than the rear of more modern designs. I won't be relying on an A-5 for serious competition but I likely won't be using an auto of any kind either.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Aug 2023
Posts: 265
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Aug 2023
Posts: 265 |
I'm a sucker for anything in a 20 gauge and browning only sweetens the deal. One of my favorites I own currently 20 gauge b-2000
Hook and Book, Shoot and Scoot
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,211
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,211 |
Never realized you could get an Auto 5 at 5 pounds 11 ounces. Nice!!!! Me either! I posted a WTB ad here a few years ago and a member from MN sent me pictures of this gun. It was on a consignment rack and I got it for a steal.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 10,873
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: May 2004
Posts: 10,873 |
Not sure what that abomination is but it is no A5. Nothing sounds like a real 75 year old A5 when you cycle her. Round knob only please.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2021
Posts: 2,419
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Oct 2021
Posts: 2,419 |
My favorite bird gun ,1963 A5 20 ga. round knob 26" improved cylinder with rib. It points for me like pointing my finger. Same age as me and I grab it for every wing shooting outing. I have 2 Light twelves that are great guns but safe queens.
"Aim right, squeeze light" " Might as well hit what you're aiming at, it kicks the same whether you miss or not" NRA Life, GOA
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 6
New Member
|
New Member
Joined: Sep 2019
Posts: 6 |
For 2000 dollars I think there are better options for 20 gauge autos. I own two of the new A5 16 gauges. One gun has been flawless , the other gun's POI is a foot high and a foot to the left. Seems to be a barrel problem as different chokes make no difference. Speaking of choke tubes, the modified measures IC and the full measures extra full. Niether gun has ever had a malfuction. Friend of mine has a 12 gauge that is having speed load and feeding problems. The A5 is ok if you want a 16 gauge that weights the same as the 20 gauge but there are better guns for the money.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,420
Campfire Regular
|
Campfire Regular
Joined: Apr 2014
Posts: 1,420 |
so, how did hunters manage the heavier guns back in the day? oh, I forgot, men were men back then. lol.
Retired Military Aviation Former Member, Navy Shooting Team Distinguished Pistol Shot NRA Certified Instructor/RSO
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 407
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 407 |
bobski
"How did hunters manage the heavier guns back in the day". A very good question, short answer is because they had to. Back in the day hunters didn't have mid beads, interchangeable choke tubes, rust proof finishes, synthetic stocks, sling swivels. They got by. The British made 12 bores at 6.5 pounds, maybe somewhere along the way we got side tracked on what hunters wanted to push through a brier patch all day.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 407
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Mar 2009
Posts: 407 |
Addendum
Looking at an Arrietta 20 bore SXS, this Spanish lady caught my attention. Sent a text to my hunting buddy and his reply was that it looked nice but didn't see me using it afield. Point well taken, pass the 26" 20 gauge pump and hold the fluff, practicality rules on a cloudy, rainy day when the wind blows.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 20,812
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 20,812 |
so, how did hunters manage the heavier guns back in the day? oh, I forgot, men were men back then. lol. And they thought you couldn’t do better than a Buick station wagon for a hunting vehicle. 🤔
laissez les bons temps rouler
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 13,055 Likes: 5
Campfire Outfitter
|
Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 13,055 Likes: 5 |
I will stay with my Belgian round knob Light 20.
"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 5,537
Campfire Tracker
|
Campfire Tracker
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 5,537 |
Browning needs to make this with a synthetic stock for waterfowl hunting.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 190
Campfire Member
|
Campfire Member
Joined: Dec 2005
Posts: 190 |
so, how did hunters manage the heavier guns back in the day? oh, I forgot, men were men back then. lol. And they thought you couldn’t do better than a Buick station wagon for a hunting vehicle. 🤔 I fondly remember those days, although ours was an Olds Vista Cruiser. Grain shovel & coveralls in the back, didn't get stuck much as whitetail season was only 5 days(in Dec) back then & we usually had to cross a bean field & sometimes a cut corn field to get to the wood line where the timber & river were below the pasture. Good times
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 20,812
Campfire Ranger
|
Campfire Ranger
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 20,812 |
Yes, at one time a big station wagon was the cat's meow for a Bird Dog hunter. My fond memories....fond????....was a Volkswagen Super Beetle. With a set of real winter tires it was amazing in snow. Dog would hang out in the back or sleep on the front floor on the way home. Deer were an issue, but I usually went with a friend and we used their trunk.
Went Coon hunting one night with a local Coon hunting hero. Can't remember his vehicle, but do remember four Coon Dogs in the back seat. Occasionally they would get a little pissy with each other, which made for an interesting ride.
Last edited by battue; 03/04/24.
laissez les bons temps rouler
|
|
|
|
674 members (160user, 1beaver_shooter, 16gage, 01Foreman400, 12344mag, 10ring1, 65 invisible),
3,042
guests, and
1,308
robots. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
Forums81
Topics1,192,620
Posts18,492,682
Members73,972
|
Most Online11,491 Jul 7th, 2023
|
|
|
|