At any rate, I’d bet that in the future a synthetic-stocked version will be made available for the hardcore 20-gauge hunters among us. In sum, Browning’s new “new” 20-gauge A5 is just nice, what with ...

Browning A5 Hunter 20-Gauge Shotgun Review—Expert Tested When Browning introduced the 12-gauge A5 a dozen or so years ago, a 20-gauge seemed like a natural follow-up.

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 ...

You can tune an Auto-5 Magnum 12 to shoot 2 3/4-inch loads. Not so with the 1100 Magnum. It's a 3-inch gun only. Remington attempted to correct that deficiency in 1987 when it introduced the 11-87.

For the 12-gauge, I used a Browning Auto-5, shooting a 1¼-ounce 2¾-inch load of No. 5 shot (213 pellets). Both were bismuth loads and each gun had a factory full choke. The 28-gauge averaged 128 ...

The Browning Auto 5 was originally created in the 1800s with a patent finally put on it in the 1900s after about 100 years of use. From 1903 onward it was mass produced in the US.

The Auto 5 packed some serious firepower utilizing a 12 gauge buckshot to obliterate anyone unluckily enough to get hit. During both of the World Wars, especially in World War II, the Browning ...