Outdoor Life: Browning A5 20 Gauge Review: A Light Do-It-All Shotgun with Classic “Humpback” Looks Browning A5 20 Gauge Review: A Light Do-It-All Shotgun with Classic “Humpback” Looks Yahoo: Browning Auto 5 Shotgun Review: Still One of the Greatest Semiautos of All Time 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 ...

Understanding the Context

Browning Auto 5 Shotgun Review: Still One of the Greatest Semiautos of All Time When Browning introduced the 12-gauge A5 a dozen or so years ago, a 20-gauge seemed like a natural follow-up. Instead, some marketing genius at Browning realized a Sweet Sixteen version would be pure ... 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 ...

Key Insights

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, ...