As stated the Remington lacks the magazine cut off switch and also the "speed feed" feature of the Auto Five. From memory I believe that early versions of the Remington had a safety inside the trigger guard (the Garand had a similar safety location later), I don't think the Auto Five ever had anything other than the standard cross bolt safety behind the trigger. Cosmetically the scroll work and embellishment on the receiver was different also. Again from memory but I believe early versions of the Remington had blank receivers with no scroll work but later versions might have a game scene on the receiver.
Some A-5's had the Garand-style safety in the front of the trigger guard. A friend of mine had one that his grandfather gave him. He loved the gun but hated that safety. I didn't care for it much either. We had it dated and it was from the early 30's if memory serves me right.
Only the very early A-5s had the front safety.
They changed it to the rear location later & never made anymore with the front safety.
It's an easy way to glance at an A-5 and tell if it's a really old one.
