Browning A-5 and Steel Shot?
I am looking at a nice older Belgium Browning made in the 1960's. It has a fixed choke. Are the older A-5's suitable to use with
2 3/4" magnum steel shot loads? Thanks
Worry is the interest humans pay on the debt of miscalculation.
2 3/4" magnum steel shot loads? Thanks
Worry is the interest humans pay on the debt of miscalculation.
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I will second bobski's response.
Bert H.
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Thanks fellas, I used one as a kid to hunt ducks. Of course we used lead shot. I was recently reminising about the "good ole days" and got the hankering to buy one for this duck season. If the A-5 doesn't like steel shot I'll hang with the Red Label or the 870 Wingmaster.
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How about these onder guns (ie A-5,101,M-12 etc) that have ben rechocked from full to modified??? 0 -
fyi......hastings bbl company sells a5 bbls that are chrome lined with screw in chokes for steel.. 0 -
Hello all: If you want to use your older shotguns, use Bismuth shot shells, or Tungsten/Matrix. If you haven't shot steel enough to be use to it, (quicker and tighter paterns, less range), you will be way ahead in the long run if your just an occasional waterfowler, and you will come home with birds, if there are any to shoot at.
Long story short, I shot steel for 8 year, it sucks. I switched to Bismuth, in 1995, and I kill ducks! I can out shoot most people on a good duck day using my 20ga, while they use there 12ga. and steel. I can use any gun! If your serious, you can make long shots like the old days!
For Steve: Since the guns you mentioned have been "opened" up, you wont hurt it by shooting steel, you will have barrel scares by the time you have shot 500-1000 rounds through it. If you shoot BBs, BBBs, T size shot, you still run the risk of separating the barrels on a 101. Think about it, steel on steel, one is stationary, one is moving under pressure and heat. Older guns have softer steel, there was no need to get the hardness up, because they were designed to shoot lead. Todays guns have much harder steel and screw in chokes. ( I've worn out choke tubes in 500 rounds of steel).
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Robin -
There are Browning Japanese/Miroku barrels available for your A5 - they are out there in fixed choke as well as Invector screw-in choke tube type. It makes a nice package, that classic 60's model Belgian A5 with a second barrel for waterfowl and tight choke for turkey. Then be on the lookout for a nice Browning fitted case for the receiver and two-barrel set. Nothing wrong with that.
I have bought an Invector barrel for my Belgian Light 12 as well as a fixed modified barrel for my Belgian Mag 20. There are lots of ways to keep shooting those A5's, including using Belgian open choke barrels. It would probably take a lifetime of waterfowl shooting with steel shot to wear out a Belgian barrel - if I ever thought I'd be doing that much duck hunting and wanted to stay with Browning I'd probably opt for the BPS pump gun in 3" chamber (I do not ever intend to hunt with 3-1/2" shot shells) - I've just always preferred a pump gun for the rainy/wet conditions of pirogue, marsh and duck blind.
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Thanks Timbroman, I'll see what I can find out about the Browning Miroku barrel and invector screw in choke tubes for the old A-5. Does this require fitting or do the Browning/Miroku barrels just interchange interchange? Thanks
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They just interchange. I have an old Belgian Magnum that I use teh original 30in ful barrel for pheasants and turkey, and a later jap barrel for ducks. There are also some compaies that make new barrels for the A5 and you can get them from numrich if you cantfind a used japanese replacement. Browning still sells new barrels for the A5 as well according to their website. 0
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