Browning Auto A-5 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:18:39 +0000 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 21:18:39 +0000 Browning Owners https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?forums/browning-auto-a-5.129/ Mon, 14 Sep 2026 20:40:16 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/browning-auto-5-bead-sight.12358/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/browning-auto-5-bead-sight.12358/ ncturkey ncturkey I have contacted most all the gun parts stores. I am hopeful y’all with find store that has one of these vintage Browning sights.]]> 3 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:57:27 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/unusual-sweet-sixteen.12356/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/unusual-sweet-sixteen.12356/ Lonny Gilbert Lonny Gilbert https://photos.app.goo.gl/aqWkJ3XjF8aAFTq18]]> 30 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 20:59:29 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/browning-historian.12361/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/browning-historian.12361/ Lonny Gilbert Lonny Gilbert 2 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 01:14:15 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/1903-a5-front-sight-ramp.11248/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/1903-a5-front-sight-ramp.11248/ vacreeper vacreeper 3 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:17:05 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/browning-st-louis-mo-belgium-unmarked-sweet-16.927/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/browning-st-louis-mo-belgium-unmarked-sweet-16.927/ greatwhite12 greatwhite12
information:

Gun has the lightened features of a Sweet 16 model however there is no “Sweet 16” identification.
1. Barrel ring has 3 drilled holes
2. Inside of receiver sides are milled half moon cutouts
3. Trigger and safety has...

Browning St. Louis MO., Belgium unmarked Sweet 16]]> 24 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:22:48 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/old-beaters.12357/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/old-beaters.12357/ Musky67 Musky67 https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1EVeJYCPaK/

Blasphemy.]]> Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:00:23 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/16-type-2-comes-home.12340/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/16-type-2-comes-home.12340/ Jta5er Jta5er



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16 type 2 comes home]]> 13 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 01:24:13 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a5-light-12-nib.12350/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a5-light-12-nib.12350/ JeffP JeffP 8 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:19:05 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/am-i-the-only-one-that-noticed.12354/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/am-i-the-only-one-that-noticed.12354/ Bill Idaho Bill Idaho The pictures...

Am I the only one that noticed?........]]> 2 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 02:51:07 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/pictures-1924-16-gauge.5428/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/pictures-1924-16-gauge.5428/ Rudolph31 Rudolph31


After importing fewer than 3000 12 gauge Auto-5's in 1903, Browning changed the agreement with FN. Remington made a licensed copy for the U.S., and FN marketed to the rest of the world. That deal (and I believe the patents) expired after 20 years, and Browning resumed imports in 1923. The 16 gauge, designed in 1909, was significantly different than the 12....

PICTURES 1924 16 Gauge]]> 79 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 01:43:07 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/first-year-sweet-16.12327/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/first-year-sweet-16.12327/ BrentC BrentC
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1161112515]]> 2 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 14:16:02 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/auto-5-history-%E2%80%94-outdoor-life-article.12353/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/auto-5-history-%E2%80%94-outdoor-life-article.12353/ Rudolph31 Rudolph31 https://www.outdoorlife.com/guns/br...i9fMzyY0zEoPMn5lgc_aem_IG1xMG9CnuIzwsGW_M_cSQ]]> 5 Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:50:16 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/building-a-a5-frankenstein-from-scratch.12273/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/building-a-a5-frankenstein-from-scratch.12273/ Five.five-six Five.five-six
I have an old A5, I’ve had it for years. It was a US officers club gun near Nuremberg before it made its way to America. The engraving was done by a master, even though it technically detracts from the gun, it’s my gun and I wouldn’t...

Building a A5 Frankenstein from scratch.]]> 87 Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:01:09 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/to-blue-or-not-to-blue.12314/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/to-blue-or-not-to-blue.12314/ Five.five-six Five.five-six
Somewhere along the line, I acquired the notion that refinishing a firearm diminishes it’s value however, watching several videos in the effort to learn how to piece an Auto 5 together I see several experts who do re-blue these shotguns and it seems to improve...

To blue or not to blue]]> 16 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:46:42 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a-prefix-in-serial-no-on-fn-light-12-not-a-16-gauge.12349/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a-prefix-in-serial-no-on-fn-light-12-not-a-16-gauge.12349/ Nick1 Nick1
I have a bit of a head scratcher and I'd be most grateful if anyone can help shed any light on this. I've inherited a Browning A5 light 12 made by FN. Apparently it was purchased new in the mid seventies.
The serial number is only 5 digits and starts with an "A" prefix but it's not a 16 gauge like all the serial number literature seems to suggest.
It's definitely a 12 gauge as confirmed stampings on the barrel. (Have also put a few hundred rounds of 12 gauge through it)

I called Art's...

"A" prefix in serial no. on FN Light 12 (not a 16 gauge)]]> 1 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 17:09:18 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/1951-browning-a5-manufactured-where-by-whom.12341/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/1951-browning-a5-manufactured-where-by-whom.12341/ Matthew Erwin Matthew Erwin
1951 Browning A5 manufactured where & by whom?]]> 12 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:35:22 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a5-light-twelve-factory-installed-poly-choke-barrel-found.12346/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a5-light-twelve-factory-installed-poly-choke-barrel-found.12346/ JJK1 JJK1
I think I may have found a barrel with an FN factory installed poly-choke.
I wonder if it’s worth anything (not really. I intend to wear it out) and wonder if it’s a rare item?
The reasons I think it probably is done by FN are:

1. The dealer code listed in H. M. Shirley’s book is #9 for FN, and 11 for Browning. The code on the collar of this poly-choke reads #09 oriented as pictured in the book....

A5 Light Twelve Factory installed Poly-choke barrel found?]]> 6 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 01:59:10 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a-restoration-or-a-renovation.11381/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/a-restoration-or-a-renovation.11381/ Biz Biz Here is a nice grade 4 that was, following the seller, fully restore. Don’t you find something is not consistent with the era. I wish we can also see the buttplate.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/932927922]]> 110 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:59:14 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/special-pour-tir-aux-pigeons.12334/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/special-pour-tir-aux-pigeons.12334/ Rudolph31 Rudolph31
https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...-for-pigeons-gold-inlaid.cfm?gun_id=103652162]]> 20 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:46:29 +0000 https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/b%C3%A9casse-woodcock-grade.12336/ https://browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/b%C3%A9casse-woodcock-grade.12336/ Biz Biz https://www.gunsinternational.com/g...for-woodcock-gold-inlaid.cfm?gun_id=103651961]]> 2