New - old shotgun coming my way...

GC

GC

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I just bought a Belgian Browning Auto Five 20 gauge manufactured in 1968 - unfired and in factory new condition. The little 20 gauge A5 has a 28" modified vent rib barrel. That little jewel should do a lot of 20 gauge chores just about right for me. Might have it here by this coming weekend, waiting is the hardest part!
 
Originally Posted By: bryan hI would not shoot that just put it up did it come with box.

Yeah, I know... that is what a smart guy should do. However, I will be shooting it and hunting with it and then passing it on to my son and/or grandson one day. I think John Moses Browning would understand and could appreciate that.
 
Originally Posted By: bryan hOriginally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeNice !

Guns are made to be shot.

True but some can be kept for an investment.

These days guns make you more money than banks do.
 
Originally Posted By: bryan hOriginally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeNice !

Guns are made to be shot.

True but some can be kept for an investment.

All mine are an investment.
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Just going on a whim here,but I believe GC is a working man. He buys stuff to shoot.
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Originally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeOriginally Posted By: bryan hOriginally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeNice !

Guns are made to be shot.

True but some can be kept for an investment.

All mine are an investment.
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Just going on a whim here,but I believe GC is a working man. He buys stuff to shoot.
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I am a working man also and shoot mine to but you can put one up every now and then.
Its his his gun and he can do with it what he likes and i wouldn't hold that against him at all its a GREAT gun and hope he enjoys it they are just hard to come by .
 
Originally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeDon't bring making money and guns together on here ! We'll have that worthless guy that calls himself a pres' stopping in next.
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We don't need him here we wish he would leave the big house. LOL
 
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Originally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeOriginally Posted By: bryan hOriginally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeNice !

Guns are made to be shot.

True but some can be kept for an investment.

All mine are an investment.
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Just going on a whim here,but I believe GC is a working man. He buys stuff to shoot.
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I understand the point, but I can tell you there is no way to put a value on an heirloom gun that has been in the family for several generations providing sustenance and/or protection throughout many years of genuine service. The honest wear a carefully maintained but well used gun displays, bluing worn silver, assorted stock bumps and bruises begs the handler to wonder the stories that firearm could tell if it could speak. I have guns passed down to me that have more value than any Blue Book could possibly assign them. The same for some of my personal hard use long time guns that I have used for many years. Those old reliable guns just instill confidence earned from long familiarity and many sweat soaked miles. No... not for sale ever. My son and/or grandson will appreciate and value this little Auto Five because of this same sentiment.
 
Originally Posted By: GCOriginally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeOriginally Posted By: bryan hOriginally Posted By: Tim NeitzkeNice !

Guns are made to be shot.

True but some can be kept for an investment.

All mine are an investment.
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Just going on a whim here,but I believe GC is a working man. He buys stuff to shoot.
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I understand the point, but I can tell you there is no way to put a value on an heirloom gun that has been in the family for several generations providing sustenance and/or protection throughout many years of genuine service. The honest wear a carefully maintained but well used gun displays, bluing worn silver, assorted stock bumps and bruises begs the handler to wonder the stories that firearm could tell if it could speak. I have guns passed down to me that have more value than any Blue Book could possibly assign them. The same for some of my personal hard use long time guns that I have used for many years. Those old reliable guns just instill confidence earned from long familiarity and many sweat soaked miles. No... not for sale ever. My son and/or grandson will appreciate and value this little Auto Five because of this same sentiment.

WELL PUT Congratulations again truly enjoy!!!!!
 
That's a sweet piece.
I have a 1969 A5 20ga Mag. 28" full choke. I got it new in '72 when I graduated from High School. It isn't NIB now, but still in real good shape cause I have ALWAYS been real careful about beating or banging it up. It has been used and shot a lot. It was one heck of a duck killer before steel came along. That's when I switched to a 12ga.
I hope you get the enjoyment and use from yours I have gotten from mine.
 
When I was a kid I remember trying to stalk and kill ducks from the banks with my .410 single. Never did. I'd run into old farts with those Browning shotguns. I wanted one so bad I could taste it. Never had the money then. Very nice piece and I'd shoot the heck out of it now. When you get a few nuts stored away and closer to the end than the beginning investments don't matter much.
 
My dad had a Light Twelve that he bought about 1967 or '68 he just can't remember the exact year. That was the shotgun I saw dad hunt with all throughout my youth. He was deadly with it and loved that Auto Five dearly. So did I, occasionally dad would let me hunt with it and I too felt the charisma of the Browning design. Dad's gun was stolen in a home burglary and he never replaced it. He bought an Ithaca SxS instead. Later in life I bought a Japanese A5 Light Twelve and hunted with it alot. The Benelli bug bit me and that first M1S90 Camo Turkey Model came along and there was no looking back.

Until now... I wanted to revisit the Auto Five but in a lighter weight version that I could have some fun hunts with. Hunts for doves, quail, rabbits and squirrel are fun low stress casual hunts that won't put too many serious bruises on the old girl. This little 20 gauge will do all that with style and grace. The Auto Five is probably the most historically significant shotgun extant being the first successful semi auto shotgun and remaining in production for nearly a century. At any rate, I am excited and will get some pictures when I get it here in my sweaty little mitts.
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My Dad also bought a new A5 in 1968 and still has it and later bought the Japanese model so he would not mess up the old Belgium A5 but we still use it just not any were rough we use 870 for that.
 
Good score Gary. I'd probably have to shoot it too!
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My dad bought and gave me an Auto Five when I was a lad in high school. I have taken that gun afield hundreds if not thousands of times in the years since then, most recently just a couple months ago to close out our state's duck season. I look forward to more years hunting with it (and hopefully giving it some time off to shoot a new A5), then happily handing it down to my son when the time is right.
 
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