Browning A-5 " LIGHT TWELVE "

fabber39 · 12-18-2011, 07:03 PM

Picked one up this weekend. My older brother was in a financial bind, and had to help him out. Lent him $300.00, and told him if he felt like it he could pay me back, but didn't have too. He handed me a gun case, and said to take it, and not give him any lip. I opened it up, and there was a Browning A-5 " LIGHT TWELVE " 28" mod. vent rib. I checked the date, and it's a 1982 japaneese model. He bought it off of someone at a gun show years ago, and never shot it. He uses his Belgum made A-5 to hunt with. The person who had it before him tried to refinish it, and did a hassalf job on it. Gonna take her down , and try to clean her up.
Finally got me an A-5, might be a jap model, but it's a BROWNING A-5.
thought i'd let ya'll know !!!!!!!

the fabber39

Gus · 12-18-2011, 07:19 PM

Damn ... that's a nice shotgun

Hunter07 · 12-19-2011, 12:16 AM

Somehow, my brother ended up with my dad's Remington Model 11 (same thing as an A-5) and he refuses to give it up.

This one was handed down to my dad back in '73 after my Grandpa died. My dad said that grandpa had it ever since he could remember.

So I've been looking for a Model 11 for myself. Of all the shotguns I've handled and brought up to my shoulder, an A-5 or Model 11 just 'lines up perfectly'!

They're very nice shotguns!

Sanders · 12-19-2011, 11:44 AM

I have a Model 11 that my great-uncle carried in the Korean War.

The barrel has the firebomb stamp, but someone put a Polychoke on it at one time. My Grandpa (who my Uncle gave the gun to) had a full choke barrel fitted to the gun.

I used to use it for quail hunting, but someone disassembled it and put something together wrong because it kicks like a mule, now. I believe there is a ring that if it is put in wrong will make it kick harder.

It gets real interesting when the gun doubles.

fabber39 · 12-19-2011, 09:23 PM

Browning A-5, Remmy mod. 11, & savage mod. 720, all the same, probably, interchangable parts, possible. Hey sanders look up the friction ring settings for the browning A-5 , possible the friction rings are set wrong causing it to slam hard against your shoulder.
the fabber39

Surly · 12-20-2011, 08:45 PM

Here you go: http://media.browning.com/pdf/om/auto5_light_om_s.pdf

fabber39 · 12-20-2011, 08:53 PM

I got that manuel downloaded to my desktop. Very informative.

Moon · 12-20-2011, 09:02 PM

Is it a Miroku (Japan) Browning ??

Please do not make the mistake of thinking the Miroko shotgun is a pile of shit. A lot of the Mirokus are better-made than the originals that they copied. You did great !!

fabber39 · 12-21-2011, 05:26 AM

OH !!!!! I ain't complaining ! I love it !! I have a 5 day off weekend coming up, and I plan to use it. Man ! she sure shoulders really nice !!!!!

2rogers · 12-21-2011, 08:53 AM

i know some folks may be a bit fickle, but as far as i can tell, the japaneese manufactured browning rifles and shotguns are first class all the way. picked up a citori special skeet high rib a few days ago, spotless japaneese with adjustable LOP. fit & finish is too good to be true. cant wait to warm up, hopeing its a keeper.

Sanders · 12-21-2011, 11:38 AM

I had a Charles Daly O/U that was made by Miroku, which I'd set beside any of the fine Italian shotguns and not be ashamed.

dinkydow · 12-21-2011, 01:38 PM

I have looked at a number of the Japanese produced Browning shotguns. They seemed to be VERY WELL and finely machined with perfect fit and finish. Better, I think, than the Belgian Brownings. The Japanese know how to use machine tools to make things. Fact.

12-18-2011, 07:03 PM	#1
fabber39 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 490	Browning A-5 " LIGHT TWELVE " Picked one up this weekend. My older brother was in a financial bind, and had to help him out. Lent him $300.00, and told him if he felt like it he could pay me back, but didn't have too. He handed me a gun case, and said to take it, and not give him any lip. I opened it up, and there was a Browning A-5 " LIGHT TWELVE " 28" mod. vent rib. I checked the date, and it's a 1982 japaneese model. He bought it off of someone at a gun show years ago, and never shot it. He uses his Belgum made A-5 to hunt with. The person who had it before him tried to refinish it, and did a hassalf job on it. Gonna take her down , and try to clean her up. Finally got me an A-5, might be a jap model, but it's a BROWNING A-5. thought i'd let ya'll know !!!!!!! the fabber39

12-19-2011, 11:44 AM	#4
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,511	I have a Model 11 that my great-uncle carried in the Korean War. The barrel has the firebomb stamp, but someone put a Polychoke on it at one time. My Grandpa (who my Uncle gave the gun to) had a full choke barrel fitted to the gun. I used to use it for quail hunting, but someone disassembled it and put something together wrong because it kicks like a mule, now. I believe there is a ring that if it is put in wrong will make it kick harder. It gets real interesting when the gun doubles. __________________ "The truly dangerous man dresses inconspicuously and is soft- spoken. He walks away from most confrontations. The only time you learn that the truly dangerous man is mad at you is a split second before you die, for he never fights. He only kills. The truly dangerous man knows that fighting is what children do and killing is what men do." - Charley Reese 1986 3

12-20-2011, 09:02 PM	#8
Moon IncogNegro Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 5,825	Is it a Miroku (Japan) Browning ?? Please do not make the mistake of thinking the Miroko shotgun is a pile of shit. A lot of the Mirokus are better-made than the originals that they copied. You did great !! __________________ "Thou shalt not be a son-of-a-bitch". Magnus392, from Rules of Chuck 00011

12-21-2011, 01:38 PM	#12
dinkydow Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: The Great White North Posts: 96,488	I have looked at a number of the Japanese produced Browning shotguns. They seemed to be VERY WELL and finely machined with perfect fit and finish. Better, I think, than the Belgian Brownings. The Japanese know how to use machine tools to make things. Fact. __________________ Our forefathers would have already been shooting...by now. "Let your plans be dark and as impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt." "Violence of action means the unrestricted use of speed,strength, surprise and aggression to achieve total dominance against your enemy...any fighting technique is useless unless you totally commit to violence of action." Burning huts in commy vills worldwide since 1968

12-18-2011, 07:19 PM	#2
Gus Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 66,849	Damn ... that's a nice shotgun

12-19-2011, 12:16 AM	#3
Hunter07 I'm a grumpy SOB Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Frostbite Falls, MN Posts: 10,527	Somehow, my brother ended up with my dad's Remington Model 11 (same thing as an A-5) and he refuses to give it up. This one was handed down to my dad back in '73 after my Grandpa died. My dad said that grandpa had it ever since he could remember. So I've been looking for a Model 11 for myself. Of all the shotguns I've handled and brought up to my shoulder, an A-5 or Model 11 just 'lines up perfectly'! They're very nice shotguns!

12-19-2011, 09:23 PM	#5
fabber39 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 490	Browning A-5, Remmy mod. 11, & savage mod. 720, all the same, probably, interchangable parts, possible. Hey sanders look up the friction ring settings for the browning A-5 , possible the friction rings are set wrong causing it to slam hard against your shoulder. the fabber39

12-20-2011, 08:45 PM	#6
Surly Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Daschle and Herseth-free South Dakota Posts: 72	Here you go: http://media.browning.com/pdf/om/auto5_light_om_s.pdf

12-20-2011, 08:53 PM	#7
fabber39 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 490	I got that manuel downloaded to my desktop. Very informative.

12-21-2011, 05:26 AM	#9
fabber39 Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 490	OH !!!!! I ain't complaining ! I love it !! I have a 5 day off weekend coming up, and I plan to use it. Man ! she sure shoulders really nice !!!!!

12-21-2011, 08:53 AM	#10
2rogers Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 3,504	i know some folks may be a bit fickle, but as far as i can tell, the japaneese manufactured browning rifles and shotguns are first class all the way. picked up a citori special skeet high rib a few days ago, spotless japaneese with adjustable LOP. fit & finish is too good to be true. cant wait to warm up, hopeing its a keeper.

12-21-2011, 11:38 AM	#11
Sanders Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 66,511	I had a Charles Daly O/U that was made by Miroku, which I'd set beside any of the fine Italian shotguns and not be ashamed.