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1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 #18419134 05/12/23
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OP win7stw Campfire Regular W Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,211 Central ND	Added another 16 to my Auto 5 collection. This one is a 1925 Grade II with some neat paperwork. Supposedly there were only 10 guns produced in 1925 according to the S/V book

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Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18419157 05/12/23
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,211 Central ND W win7stw OP Campfire Regular
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Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18419436 05/12/23
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,808 outside the burgh B battue Campfire Ranger
battue Campfire Ranger B Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 20,808 outside the burgh	I’m not a big A5 fan, however that one is an excellent example. Very nice!!!! laissez les bons temps rouler

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18419751 05/13/23
Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 8,866 M Magnum_Bob Campfire Outfitter
Magnum_Bob Campfire Outfitter M Joined: Jan 2017 Posts: 8,866	Very nice indeed. Obviously need to drink a high quality beverage after shooting to celebrate the occaision.mb " Cheapest velocity in the world comes from a long barrel and I sure do like them. MB "

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18420157 05/13/23
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DUKFVR Campfire Greenhorn D Joined: Apr 2023 Posts: 93	Congrats! Great gun!

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Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18421245 05/13/23
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OP win7stw Campfire Regular W Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,211 Central ND	Thanks guys. The neatest thing to me is that the test target was stamped February 4th which just happens to be my birthday

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18442111 05/22/23
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BKinSD Campfire Regular B Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,815 South Dakota	Wow that's really neat! "Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passin.'"

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18463264 05/30/23
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 3,603 Ala-Freaking Bama! via Texas H hh4whiskey Campfire Tracker
hh4whiskey Campfire Tracker H Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 3,603 Ala-Freaking Bama! via Texas	That’s great to have all that documentation with a nice, early G2 example. At one time, I owned a 1913 16ga with a straight grip stock. Supposedly it was one of the first 1k 16ga A5s brought into the US….according to Mr Shirley, anyway. It wasn’t nearly as nice on condition and provenance as yours. Nice acquisition.

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18474563 06/04/23
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MartinStrummer Campfire Tracker Joined: Dec 2021 Posts: 3,485	Like "battue", I'm not a big A5 fan, but for that gun, I think I could be persuaded to push some of my personal dislikes aside! 😉👍 After all, being a sworn "no-auto in my house" fanatic, I "DID" pick up (rescue?) a nice old Rem "Sportsman" 16 gauge from a pawn shop a few years back. Rem started building the Sportsman 16 gauge in 1932. My gun is one of the first 500 made! Love "old" guns! ESPECIALLY old 16 gauge guns!

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18541806 06/28/23
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Edm1 New Member E Joined: Dec 2022 Posts: 11 Lexington KY	That is awesome. I’d love to find something similar.

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Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18542223 06/29/23
Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 11,756 Minnesota D dale06 Campfire Outfitter
dale06 Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 11,756 Minnesota	Great looking gun, congrats on the find! NRA Patron

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 hh4whiskey #18544778 06/30/23
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OP win7stw Campfire Regular W Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,211 Central ND	Originally Posted by hh4whiskey That’s great to have all that documentation with a nice, early G2 example. At one time, I owned a 1913 16ga with a straight grip stock. Supposedly it was one of the first 1k 16ga A5s brought into the US….according to Mr Shirley, anyway. It wasn’t nearly as nice on condition and provenance as yours. Nice acquisition. Thanks. It took me a long time to find a straight grip. I have a 1912 that I spruced up the wood on. 1912 and 1930 Last edited by win7stw; 06/30/23.

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 Edm1 #18544794 06/30/23
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OP win7stw Campfire Regular W Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,211 Central ND	Originally Posted by Edm1 That is awesome. I’d love to find something similar. I love the Grade IIs. I have two others but they aren’t as nice as this one

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18545639 06/30/23
Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 4,058 Mtns of Va and Wv Troutnut Campfire Tracker
Troutnut Campfire Tracker Joined: Jul 2016 Posts: 4,058 Mtns of Va and Wv	That is very nice. Like others have said I'm not a big A-5 fan but I'd make an exception for that one especially a 16

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18631616 08/01/23
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Beard Campfire Greenhorn B Joined: Jul 2023 Posts: 51 S E Texas	I AM a Browning Auto-5 fan and i love that one. I have two myself.

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18633806 08/02/23
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MadMooner Campfire Ranger Joined: Dec 2007 Posts: 25,088 South Carolina	Wooo! That’s a beaut. Just a few days ago I found a very nice sweet 16 at a shop. Was hard to hand it back. “Life is life and fun is fun, but it's all so quiet when the goldfish die.”

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18635490 08/02/23
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Winnie70 Campfire Regular W Joined: Jan 2020 Posts: 517	Win7stw, what is the weight on that 16 if you don't mind me asking?

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18635559 08/02/23
Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 14,150 The town Del Shannon made famo... Whelenman Campfire Outfitter
Whelenman Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 14,150 The town Del Shannon made famo...	Originally Posted by win7stw Thanks guys. The neatest thing to me is that the test target was stamped February 4th which just happens to be my birthday So you’re 98 too????😂😂 Last edited by Whelenman; 08/02/23. Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 win7stw #18637038 08/03/23
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Saustin3 Campfire Greenhorn S Joined: Nov 2022 Posts: 56 Nokesville, VA	Wow, very nice 16.

Re: 1925 Grade II Browning Auto 5 Winnie70 #18643777 08/05/23
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OP win7stw Campfire Regular W Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,211 Central ND	Originally Posted by Winnie70 Win7stw, what is the weight on that 16 if you don't mind me asking? I will have to measure it and let you know

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