Growing up, I walked alongside my grandpa for many miles hunting pheasant as he carried his M11 16 gauge. That gun went bang every time he pulled the trigger over the years.
Never heard about A-5’s until a I got older. For me, I have lots of love for the M11, and very little for the A-5. Nothing against the A5, it is arguably mechanically and definitely value wise superior.
That gun fired its last shot about 5 years ago on a pheasant hunt as grandpa sat in a chair and blocked the end of a field 3 generations of us were hunting. He missed that bird but had a great big smile on his face.
He passed away on Memorial Day this year and that M11 is still waiting to find its home as family sorts through his belongings. If it doesn’t someday find its way to my safe, I will definitely be finding another.
