browning auto 5

Good evening, I am a novice gun owner that just joined The High Road after having lurked around for a little while, there is a lot of good advice on here but I never had a gun-related issue until today. I purchased a Remington Model 11 at a pawnshop this afternoon, I have wanted one for a while...

About thirty years ago, my father-in-law got in a financial bind and my wife and I were going to help him out, but his pride got in the way and instead he offered to sell me his Browning Auto 5 shotgun in exchange for the cash needed. I agreed even though we were was "paying" ten times what the...

Hello, all I have a buck special barrel for the browning auto 5. Do any of you know if the buck special has a special forend? The ring the magazine tube passes through is further forward than my trap barrel, and the forend does not work with the buck special barrel. Specifically, there is...

I've looked through thread everywhere, as well as the browning site, to try to decode my serial numbers. They don't fit any of the time frames. About the gun: Browning FN Automatic on the black buttplate. Numbers immediately in from of loading port, stamped in the steel: 5M (next line) 1889 (I'm...