My A-5 is the best shotgun I've used. I picked mine up used in 1986. It an older modle made in the late 1920's. It's a 12 ga. with a 26 inch barrel with a Cutts compensater. Used it for pheasaants and quial when I was stationed at FT Riley KS and I use it for dove and quail down in AZ now. It's allway's worked. The Only problem I had with it was the reciever tang would get too cold to hold with my thin shooting gloves during late season bird hunting in KS. I cut a thin peacec of foam rubber and taped it over the tang, solved that one.