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I'm awaiting my first Browning A-5. A Japanese 3" Light Twelve. Tell me about replacement barrels. Can I use a 2 3/4 barrel if I don't shoot 3" shells out of it?

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A Browning A-5 "Light Twelve" should come with a 2-3/4" chambered barrel whether it was made in Belgium or in Japan.


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I thought "Light Twelve" models were only 2 3/4" chambers? Weren't the 3" guns referred to as "Magnum" or something like that?


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The 1997 humpback that lives here shoots 3" chers, and says Magnum on it.


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I'm waiting on it to be shipped to me. It says "light twelve" on the receiver, so maybe the seller doesn't know that it isn't a 3". Guess I'll see soon

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The Light Twelve is 2-3/4" only! The 3" version is known as the Magnum Twelve. I own both and a Light Twenty to boot!

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The Auto-5 Browning was produced from 1903-1976 and that was the last year of the Belgium Brownings, which are regarded as the best of model.
They were made in Japan from 1976-1998, and they were more trouble prone, so the great A-5 had its run.

Now another new version from 2012, not sure about those.


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