ACTION 3" chamber • Recoil operated Kinematic Drive is ultra-reliable and cycles a wide range of loads.
In fact, the iconic humpback-shaped receiver is the only thing this new Browning autoloader shares with its legendary namesake.
I figured out that recoil guns are more reliable than gas guns long ago and have stayed with A5s and Benellis -- wonder why it took them so long.
Not long-recoil action, not an A5, IMO. Basically a cosmeticially enhanced benelli to me.
You may notice a family resemblance, but let’s get one thing straight, this ain’t your Grandpa’s Auto-5. In fact, the iconic humpback-shaped receiver is the only thing this new Browning autoloader shares with its legendary namesake.
This is kind of a fail. I like browning and all, but if it's not recoil operated then it's not an A5.
The all new Browning A5 is built to be the most reliable, fastest cycling, best performing and softest shooting recoil-operated (yes, recoil-operated) autoloader on the planet.
KINEMATIC DRIVE™ SYSTEM
In its simplest term, kinetic energy is the energy of motion. The new Browning A5 makes better use of kinetic energy with its powerful, short recoil-operated Kinematic Drive System. Kinematic Drive harnesses recoil energy and converts it into the mechanical motion needed to operate the action. This concept is tried and true, and now perfected by the company that broke ground first with autoloading shotguns. The beauty of Kinematic Drive is the simplicity of design for consistent, reliable function with any load and under the full extremes of weather, temperature, moisture and grime.
We believe the new Kinematic Drive is so reliable that the A5 is the first ever autoloading shotgun to carry a 100,000-round or five-year guarantee. This gun is designed to work, come hell or high water. Operation is clean because gases are sent out the barrel and away from the action. There’s also extreme load versatility. The extensively tested Kinematic Drive offers reliable performance with virtually all loads down to 7⁄8 ounce light target with no adjustments.
The photo at right shows how the new A5 harnesses recoil energy.
Top -- Gun is at rest
Middle -- Gun fires and the internal spring accumulates recoil energy
Bottom -- The spring bounces back, unlocking and cycling the action.
Not exactly. The Remington 1100 passed it in production numbers long ago to become the best selling semi auto shotgun of all time, and the Remington 870 is way out in front of everything else at over 10,000,000 produced.Plus, Browning has a reputation with recoil-operated auto loaders to uphold. They produced the best selling shot gun of all time in the A5 and it sold like hot cakes from 1902 to 1998.
Well then I'm not interested. My grandfather's A5 simply worked. If all the new Auto-5 shares is the receiver profile, I have no interest in it.but let’s get one thing straight, this ain’t your Grandpa’s Auto-5