Picked up a Remington-manufacture Auto 5 at a gun show this weekend...not a Remington Model 11 and not a Browning Auto 5, but one of the Browning A-5's made at the Remington factory in St. Louis between 1940 and 1947.
I can't seem to get a straight answer on this. Is it a re-badged Model 11 or is it truly a Browning Auto 5? Which parts was it built using? As it has a Remington barrel on it (with Browning patents), I'm leaning toward it just being a Model 11 with a Browning stamp on it, since the Browning and Remington aren't interchangeable between the A-5 and 11. The reason I ask is that I'd like to add a magazine tube extension, and I don't know whether to use that of the A-5 or Model 11, or if it even matters...are they interchangeable?
I can't seem to get a straight answer on this. Is it a re-badged Model 11 or is it truly a Browning Auto 5? Which parts was it built using? As it has a Remington barrel on it (with Browning patents), I'm leaning toward it just being a Model 11 with a Browning stamp on it, since the Browning and Remington aren't interchangeable between the A-5 and 11. The reason I ask is that I'd like to add a magazine tube extension, and I don't know whether to use that of the A-5 or Model 11, or if it even matters...are they interchangeable?