Browning Light 12

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http://www.browning.com/services/dategun/detail.asp?id=13

Ooops, KS beat me.

They are sweet, sweet guns. The Auto-5 was the first commercially successful semiauto shotgun and was produced continuously from 1900 to 1998.

Don't try to take it apart, it has lots of little tiny pieces inside.

The Browning Light 12 is a high quality reliable shotgun. One thing you need to be aware of is a bronze ring on the magazine tube that must be adjusted for light loads or heavy loads. It is called the friction ring and either faces forward or back depending on the load. Download the information from Browning.com.

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http://www.browning.com/faq/detail.asp?ID=105

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On special occasions i will take my light 12 to the range and i have to say it is my favorite gun hands down. it is easy to swing with the light weight and is a very valuable shotgun. The only problem is taking it apart, I'm not a real big fan of gunsmiths but when it comes to this gun I have to take it to one.

+1 on that range officer. I bought one a while back and the only disassembly I'll do on it is take the barrel and forend off, spray some gunscrub inside the reciever and let the crud fall to the ground. Then I'll spray a little oil inside the receiver, clean the barrel, and that's it. The auto five really wasn't built to go through frequent detailed disassembly and cleanings. The receiver has too many screws on it and it's too easy to damage them if you use the wrong screwdrivers or apply too much pressure on the screwheads when you take them out of the receiver. It's still a great shotgun though. If you keep those friction rings adjusted accordingly to the ammunition these shotguns will function flawlessly. I know I'm keeping my eyes open right now for another one in the used gun racks.

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You are not supposed to take an A-5 apart.

Mines only been apart completely one time in about 40 years.

And that was only because I fell through the ice while duck hunting and got it thoroughly stuffed with mud while using it for a paddle / push-pole to get back out.

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