BROWNING AUTO-5 STANDARDWEIGHT Description
12 (disc. 1970) or 16 (disc. 1964) ga., 26-32 in. barrel, various chokes, checkered walnut stock and forearm, between 7 1/3-8 lbs. Browning resumed importation from F.N. in 1946.
Note: Watch for cracked forearms on all A-5 models (due to barrel recoil.)
Barrel addresses appeared as follows: circa 1930-1958 "St. Louis, M.O.", 1959-1968 "St. Louis, Missouri and Montreal P.Q.", 1969-1976 "Morgan, Utah and Montreal, P.Q." Barrels are serial numbered to the gun until 1953. Make sure barrel address date matches year of mfg. (see Serialization section).