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This is a beautiful A5 Lightweight . Overall excellent original condition . 28 " full choke solid rib barrel. Hard to find in this original condition. $895.00 shipped in the lower 48 fromnon ffl to ffl
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Free bump. I've got the same thing made in 1953 with vent rib and modified choke. I wouldn't sell it for less than $1000. GLWS
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The planet’s best autoloading shotgun.
"What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated." Thomas Paine
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The planet’s best autoloading shotgun. Not to hijack thread, but didn't you once post something about how you lubed the magazine and friction piece on an A5. I plan on getting one or two out for dove season this year and wished I had saved what whoever posted about this.
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Got 2 of those ('55's) with sequential serial #'s and spare barrels that I inherited from my Granddad who won them way back when in a Nebraska shoot off match. Today they're just Queen's of the safe...
It's you and the bullet, and all the rest is secondary.
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The planet’s best autoloading shotgun. Not to hijack thread, but didn't you once post something about how you lubed the magazine and friction piece on an A5. I plan on getting one or two out for dove season this year and wished I had saved what whoever posted about this. Go to https://browning.com/content/dam/browning/support/owners-manuals/auto5-light-om-s.pdfIt is all explained verbatim on page 9 of the owner’s manual
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Appreciate that. I have five A5s and no owners manual. Bought them all used. I'll prict a manual if I can. Thanks. I saved manual as PDF file on my computer. Thanks again.
Last edited by ChuckKY; 08/29/20.
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Chuck, I strongly suggest you keep your recoil springs upgraded in your Auto 5’s. I broke an NIB1965 Auto 5 out of its box in October 2018 to dedicate as my new Squirrel whacker. I purchased a new spring, stood it up to the original old one & it was 1.5” shorter than the new. Makes a big difference in the proper physics of function.
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Chuck, I strongly suggest you keep your recoil springs upgraded in your Auto 5’s. I broke an NIB1965 Auto 5 out of its box in October 2018 to dedicate as my new Squirrel whacker. I purchased a new spring, stood it up to the original old one & it was 1.5” shorter than the new. Makes a big difference in the proper physics of function. I just bought some 20 and 12 gauge recoil springs, a 20 gauge action spring and a couple of friction pieces from Art's this year. Really good people to deal with. He has the springs made for him. I don't know what we will do when he and a few others call it quits. Thanks for the advice and heads up. Wish I could find some springs for my model 11s.
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Wouldn’t the springs be the same?
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The compression of these springs over time weakens them, causing less resistance. I agree they should be changed out.
But don’t throw them away, as often these older springs will cycle very light loads, something a full strength spring won’t do. Just be sure when you go to heavy loads, in addition to putting a full strength spring in, move the friction ring to the forward position.
I often shoot 7/8 oz loads through my Light Twelve with the “worn out” recoil spring.
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Wouldn’t the springs be the same? I honestly haven't found anything that will interchange between them. Just always enough difference in them not to work. Don't know why they did that. But I will check and see if the springs are the same.
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BTW, I used a PVC sleeve to make up the difference in spring length in order to make a Magnum Twelve cycle Dove loads, worked great.
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Shotgun is all original with little use over the year . Excellent cosmetics and operating condition.
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