The Browning A5 shares a profile and a nickname with John M. Browning’s classic Automatic 5 semiauto, but inside it’s a different completely different gun. The new A5 is an inertia-operated shotgun, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are still a ton of great Browning Auto 5 shotguns in the used market. No other shotgun feels quite like an original Browning ...

Key point: These powerful weapons pack a real punch. Semi-auto shotguns are the upgraded version of the pump-action shotguns we all know and love. They are prized for their quick firepower and ...

I was among the first writers to hunt with the new-at-the time Browning A5 when the company reintroduced that classic “humpback” design in 2012. As a small platoon of other media members and I tromped ...

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The first successful autoloading shotgun was the legendary Auto-5, designed by John M. Browning at the turn of the last century. A lot has been written about the Auto-5, or “old humpback” as it’s ...

This article, "The Legendary A5", appeared originally in the June 2004 issue of American Rifleman. To subscribe to the magazine, visit the NRA membership page here and select American Rifleman as your ...

There are still a ton of great Browning Auto 5 shotguns in the used market. No other shotgun feels quite like an original Browning Auto 5 when it goes off. The entire barrel moves backward with the ...

Of the more than 30 guns John Browning designed, the Auto-5 was one of his most complex to build. In addition to shotguns, Browning developed handguns and rifles, but neither of those firearms are ...