A 1969 Belgium Browing A5 Magnum 20 that I paid $450 for about 8 years ago.
He'd bought it for his father back in 1970. They took it out and shot it once. He explained they couldn't get it to function properly. Wouldn't eject or feed. From there it sat in a closet for the next 35 years, taken out to only be "oiled" with WD40 from time to time.
What the owner thought was rust was just varnished gunk from the WD40 he had used to oil it over the years.
Cleaned up good with some Hoppes. And the gun looked damn near "out of the box" new.
The reason the gun wouldn't function is because they were shooting 2 3/4 loads with the friction rings set up for magnum loads.
It is a beautiful and sweet shotgun and functions flawlessly.
