Need help quick on my A5

[brettboat]

I have a 1946 Browning A5 12GA and I plan on taking it to a 3 gun shoot this sunday. I've never done a 3 gun shoot before, but I need a little help. I dont know a whole lot about this shotgun, but I was having issues with it jaming on 2 3/4 dram load shells this afternoon at the range. So I changed it to the light load setting. Will an A5 cycle 2 3/4 dram loads? It ran perfectly on the heavy load setting with my winchester SuperX long range shells but I couldnt change the rings at the range today to see if it would work with my 2 3/4 dram loads. But should this work? If not I need to call my cusin and barrow his pump sometime tonight.

Thanks guys.

 

[rcmodel]

A Light-12 I presume?
Yes it should work with the rings in the "Light Load" position with light target / 2 3/4 dram eqv shells.

You may need to put some oil on the magazine tube to reduce friction further.

If all else fails, read the directions:
http://media.browning.com/pdf/om/auto5_light_om_s.pdf

rc

 

[brettboat]

Well I had 1 FTE out of 7 shells... Better than 7 FTE out of 7 shells.

 

[1KPerDay]

Interesting choice for a 3-gun. Loading under pressure with the A5 isn't the easiest. But run what you have, I guess. Hope you get it running properly. You're going to have a blast! 3-gun is great fun.

 

[bang_bang]

My friend has a Browning a5.

We have come to the conclusion that it is a neat freak. After approx 100 rounds, it needs to be clean or the occasional FTE starts popping up again.

Have you tried giving it a thorough cleaning and lubing yet with the light load setting?