Browning A-5

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seems to me that benelli should stick to manufacturing there higher end guns. The working man Nova has the loudest and loosest action of any gun I've put to my shoulder. Give me a New England Pardner pump for $150 over the Nova
 
Actually, the Nova's fore-end rattle isn't any worse than many Mossbergs I've handled. Heck, they even fit me well. My hangup is with the trigger.
 
The sweetest 20 ga I've ever picked up was my brother-in-law's Browning A-5. Man was it nice! Because of it I went out and purchased a 12 ga A-5 for waterfowling, but man that thing was heavy and a real chore to break down. There were areas in that gun I felt I'd never get to and that would present rust problems. Since I couldn't afford to hire a sherpa to carry the gun and clean it I decided to sell it.

Bought a Benelli SBE instead and recently sold it to purchase a Beretta Xtrema2 for rust inhibition properties.

I think the A-5 is a GREAT gun. But the design was old and had been eclipsed by others. Furthermore, it stopped selling in significant numbers because of the competition. But I still shoot my brother-in-law's 20 ga every chance I get. Plus I don't have to break the darn thing down and clean it!!
 
My dad has an A5. It is a beautiful gun and a blast to shoot.

But as far as everyone knocking durability, either that A5 is an exception or people are blowing things out of proportion. My dads A5 used to be my grandfathers, it was built sometime in the 1950s. Not once has it ever been broken down, and it was realied on several times per week for food for about 35 years. It was my grandfathers primary gun and killed countless pheasant, squirrel, rabbit and other critters. Never a problem.

And again, it has NEVER been broken down. My fathers and his fathers philosophy is/was don't field strip unless it stops . While that is not my philosophy by a long shot, the A5 has yet to miss a beat.
 
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