Value of an old Browning Auto 5 **pictures**

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Rock Knocker

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I'm looking for the value of a good condition 12ga Browning A5, low serial number but I have found some conflicting information as to what numbers correspond to what year it was made.

I've been doing some research online but I haven't been able to find one quite like it. Many I have seen online have scrolling on the receiver and "Made in Belgium" stamped on the gun. This does not have scrolling or belgium anywhere on it. The only markings on the gun are:

"Manufactured by the Remington Arms co. Ilion.N.Y.U.S.A
Browning patents Oct.9.1900.Dec17.01.Sept.30.02.June 18.03" this is stamped on the barrel. No other markings anywhere except serial number under the receiver.

Serial # 43xxx

Thanks for any help!
 
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It's NOT a Browning... It's A REMINGTON Model 11 (if I remember the model number correctly). It is a copy of the Browning. There was also a Western Auto copy. I have seen quite a few Remingtons over the years. But, only one Western Auto.
 
Thanks, I thought it was strange the Remington was on the side but it was my grandfathers gun I was told it was a Browning A5.

Serial number is still very low for what I am finding online about Model 11s and there is a complete lack of markings on the gun when many are shown online.
 
Nice old guns. I haven't seenn one in years. They used the browning patent between the wars. The majority of your begian brownings are post ww2
 
Rock Knocker. go to www.shotgunworld.com and enroll there, then ask the guys in the Remington section about your gun. You'll get an honest, educated, and reliable opinion on what it is worth and if it is indeed a rare piece.
 
The Remington Model 11 and Savage version lacked the speed feed shell carrier, magazine cut off, only had one extractor and also didn't have the embellishment of the finer and more refined Browning Auto Five.
 
Thanks, I got it up on the shotgunworld. I'm off to the gun range then to work on some horses, but I will get some pictures up later.

It's starting to look like this gun is older than 100 years, which means it couldn't have been my grandfathers originally, the gun is in really good shape considering. Fun stuff to figure out.
 
I inherited a mod 11 from my granddad also, 12 ga , safety in front of the trigger. He bought it second hand in 1929. For a while it was my only gun. Killed some deer, and lots of small game. I hunt with it some every year, just because.
 
Part of me is a little bummed out the value is so low but at the same time it was never going to be up for sale anyways. I will have to go through it and make sure it's clean and lubed up and I'll have a new gun to take out for some dove and wood duck hunting.

I ended up picking up some more customers today and worked later than I planned, I'm pooped and have been pooped on, I need a shower and go to bed. I will get pics up tomorrow.
 
Don't be bummed out, you have an amazing firearm and bit of history. It will still serve you well in the hunting field. Looking forward to some pictures.
 










My dad got this gun from my grandpa years and years ago, I will have to ask when, but I remember playing around with it (never shot it) when I was a kid. My dad always assumed it was a Browning A5 from the 50's or 60's. Both of us were quite surprised when we found out it was from the turn of the last century.
 
Like GC said ..... be PROUD of that gun! It is in excellent shape and if it were mine I wouldn't take less than $750 for it. That is, if I entertained selling it at all.
 
I'm not letting the value ruin my day at all, I'm more surprised than anything. I wasn't going to let the gun go on the market anyway.

It will be fun taking it out in the field, it hasn't been used or even seen the light of day since my grandpa last used it several decades ago. It will be my light duty shotgun, it will turn dove and wood duck hunting into a new experience.
 
I have an older Winchester SuperX1 that I grab when I'm going out to have fun. It weighs a TON, but I love it. I'll pass over my O/Us every time unless it's going to be some type of competition. It ain't what they cost or how modern or pretty they are ... it's how they FEEL in your hands and heart that makes the difference.
 
Very nice gun! I bet she's a good shooter too, although I wouldn't run any of the newer steel shot through her, especially if she's a full choke.

Oddly, I was looking at an almost identical model 11 at Cabelas this last summer and about ready to buy it when my wife tugs on my sleeve, thrusts a different shotgun in front of me and says, "I like this one better"
I took one look at what she had in her hand, gulped, and told her to go put it back on the shelf!

She said "No, I want you to get this one!" It was a Browning A5 16 ga in the best condition I have ever seen! The serial dates it to 1956 which is 3 years younger than me. After a good examination and some bargaining, it followed us home.

Sorry. Didn't meant to try and hijack your thread. Your model 11 just reminded me of how I almost brought one home not long ago and would have been quite happy with it
 
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