Description
Item Description
Bryant Ridge Auction Company is pleased to present this stunning semi-auto shotgun today for a penny start auction, this is the Browning Auto-5 Light Twenty!
SPECIFICATIONS:
Manufacturer: Browning
Model: Auto-5 Light Twenty
Serial: 23151PN231
Date of Manufacture: 1989
Caliber: 20 Gauge / 2 3/4" shells
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 24" barrel w/ Improved cylinder choke
Optics/Sights: Brass mable bead front / Adjustable rear
Stock/Grips: High gloss walnut stock w/ round knob and diamond checkering
Action: Semi-Auto
Markings: Receiver engraved with scrolls and the left side of receiver engraved "Light Twenty"
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Browning Automatic 5, most often referred to as the Auto-5, or even simply the A-5, is a recoil-operated semi-automatic shotgun designed by the legendary John Browning. The Auto-5 was the first mass-produced semi-automatic shotgun. Designed by Browning in 1898 and patented in 1900, it was produced continually for nearly 100 years by several makers with production ending initially in 1998 (other makers, on a much smaller scale have continued to produce the pattern).
It features a distinctive high rear end, earning it the incongruous nickname “Humpback”. Browning originally presented his design to Winchester, to whom he had sold his rifle designs, but the company refused his terms. He then went to Remington, but the president of the company died while he was waiting to offer them the gun. Browning then took the gun to FN in Europe and, so confident was he of his design, that his first order was for 10,000 shotguns.
The design was later licensed to Remington for their Model 11 and to Savage Arms for their Models 720 and 755. During WWII, production of the Auto-5 was moved to Remington alongside the Model 11 until FN could resume production after the war. From 1976 to 1998, Auto-5 production was taken up by Miroku in Japan. And is often the case with items produced in Japan, there is a certain beauty, a certain grace inherent in the work.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
Model: Auto-5 Light Twenty
Serial: 23151PN231
Date of Manufacture: 1989
Caliber: 20 Gauge / 2 3/4" shells
Finish: Blue
Barrel Length: 24" barrel w/ Improved cylinder choke
Optics/Sights: Brass mable bead front / Adjustable rear
Stock/Grips: High gloss walnut stock w/ round knob and diamond checkering
Action: Semi-Auto
Markings: Receiver engraved with scrolls and the left side of receiver engraved "Light Twenty"
Bryant Ridge's Analysis:
The Browning Automatic 5, most often referred to as the Auto-5, or even simply the A-5, is a recoil-operated semi-automatic shotgun designed by the legendary John Browning. The Auto-5 was the first mass-produced semi-automatic shotgun. Designed by Browning in 1898 and patented in 1900, it was produced continually for nearly 100 years by several makers with production ending initially in 1998 (other makers, on a much smaller scale have continued to produce the pattern).
It features a distinctive high rear end, earning it the incongruous nickname “Humpback”. Browning originally presented his design to Winchester, to whom he had sold his rifle designs, but the company refused his terms. He then went to Remington, but the president of the company died while he was waiting to offer them the gun. Browning then took the gun to FN in Europe and, so confident was he of his design, that his first order was for 10,000 shotguns.
The design was later licensed to Remington for their Model 11 and to Savage Arms for their Models 720 and 755. During WWII, production of the Auto-5 was moved to Remington alongside the Model 11 until FN could resume production after the war. From 1976 to 1998, Auto-5 production was taken up by Miroku in Japan. And is often the case with items produced in Japan, there is a certain beauty, a certain grace inherent in the work.
Return Policy:
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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Return Policy
We gladly offer a 3 day unfired inspection policy from the time that the firearm is delivered to your FFL. Refunds are available for all qualifying orders.
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