Skip to main content
Help Center Community Shop

Browning Shotgun

vafranko
I have a Browning Auto-5 semiautomatic 20 gauge shotgun. It is about 20 years old. It is still in the box, never shot and never even put together. I even have the original reciept, about $600 new.
0

Comments

4 comments

Date Votes
  • vafranko
    I am searching for some hard to find info on a Browning double which has Beligum markings. Nice gun and has "twelvette" engraved on it. Last make somewhere around 1969. Have some info but Internet search is for nought right now. 12 ga, semi-auto, 28" barrel.

    Thanks in advance, Franko
    0
  • bobski
    you have a browning double auto. 1955 to 1970. its 2 shot short recoil action. it has a left hand auto load feature. jam it in the port and it feeds right into battery. they kick like a mule. i collect these guns. if you need bbls, call me. btw...what kind of bbl does it have? those bbls change out quick by a button on the bottom of the forearm, pull it back and pull the forearm down and slide the bbl forward 1/2 ". if you have a serial number marked 69-xxxxx its a 1969. is it? what color is the receiver? you buttplate should have a 2 eye showing 'browning profile.' values are 400 to 600. 1000's if in rare colors. let us know!

    former air operations officer SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2. former navy skeet team, former navy rifle/pistol team member. co-owner skeetmaster tubes inc.. owner/operator professional shooting instruction.
    0
  • vafranko
    Thanks Bob, would have posted a picture but still don't know how here. I'll look more carefully of what I bought. Thanks again. Franko, fpateconner@aol.com if you want a picture
    0
  • bobski
    it was val brownings only invention. the gun is prone to cracked stocks behind the receiver in the grip area. they were not well received in usa. in the 17 years offered, only 46,000 were made. btw...up that last production year to 1971. i was going by memory. if your gun is a 69, it has the newest square pg and squared off forearm as per american tastes at the time. the new pg is longer too. original guns had very small pg's that were round on bottom. gun usage is gauged by how much gold is left on the trigger. if its worn down to metal, its been shot a lot. 69 receivers are alloy. they scratch easy. collectors look for how much wear is on the left loading port where the shell rubs the receiver. the less the better. you have a black receiver. i know w/o asking now. i forgot that colored guns were only made in the late 50's.
    0

Please sign in to leave a comment.

Recent Activity