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BillA
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Reged: 18/04/11
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Loc: Victoria, Australia

Re: Best auto-loading 12 gauge
19/04/11 09:08 AM

Hi there all.

I know this is an older thread, but being a new member, & as this is a subject dear to me, I thought I'd pop in a belated opinion, if y'all dont mind.

I've owned a couple of Remington 1100s - great autos.
A few winchester 1400 - bloody good knock about guns.
A winchester Super X - brilliant but bloody heavy
2 Berettas - best one was an A301 with the old extrenal collar mobil chockes - a really beautiful gun.
A KFC - rubbish.
A Breda - good, solid knock about duck gun.
Then I've also owned 2 Browining A5's.

Well, as I see it there are two main attributes an auto needs to possess.
'Pointability' (same applies to any shotgun really). As any gun that doesn't point well is useless, no matter how well it's built, & Reliability, jammed auto = single barrel.

The A5's are in a class of their own.
Due to the long recoil system they utilise, the fore end is slimmer than most gas autos & therefore sits lower in the fore hand, therefore making handling better, & the reliability of these guns is legendary. I've hunted with A5's for over 30 years & NEVER had a single malfunction.

I know there's plenty of great guns out there, I certainly dont mean to sound like I'm putting anyone's pride & joy down. I've owned plenty of 'gooduns' & have appreciated them all, but JM Browning's masterpiece Auto5 stands alone as the epitome of the perfect duck gun I reckon.
Nothing has ever been made to match it IMO, & nothing ever will.

Bill Allen
Melbourne Australia.

Edited by BillA (19/04/11 09:19 AM)

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Best auto-loading 12 gauge	bonanza	05/03/10 06:44 AM
Re: Best auto-loading 12 gauge	gatsby	20/04/10 02:39 PM
Re: Best auto-loading 12 gauge	smicha6551	20/04/10 06:03 PM
Re: Best auto-loading 12 gauge	BillA	19/04/11 09:08 AM
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