Browning A-5 Friction Rings
O.K. Folks, this is not your ordinary "How do they go"? question but one for old timers or experts on Browning 20 gauge A-5's.
The gun in question is a 1972 Belgian Magnum 20 gauge, bought new and I still have the box, papers, etc. The manual clearly states and illustrates that on 2 3/4 loads the friction ring (not bronze friction piece) should have the flat surface against the bronze friction piece, thus the concave side against the spring. This is completely opposite of what their website shows and what others say but I'm sitting here with the book in hand!!!
For 3" loads it reverses the concave/flat ring.
So, is it a typo/diagram error in the manual, or a recent change for newer guns, just a 20 gauge deal or what? I have shot a quite a lot with it both ways and it functions fine, but kicks more with the "book" setting.
Since I'm going dove hunting in the a.m. I don't have time to e-mail Browning etc. etc. but I will if it can't be cleared up here.
Thanks!!!!!
Them ducks is wary.
The gun in question is a 1972 Belgian Magnum 20 gauge, bought new and I still have the box, papers, etc. The manual clearly states and illustrates that on 2 3/4 loads the friction ring (not bronze friction piece) should have the flat surface against the bronze friction piece, thus the concave side against the spring. This is completely opposite of what their website shows and what others say but I'm sitting here with the book in hand!!!
For 3" loads it reverses the concave/flat ring.
So, is it a typo/diagram error in the manual, or a recent change for newer guns, just a 20 gauge deal or what? I have shot a quite a lot with it both ways and it functions fine, but kicks more with the "book" setting.
Since I'm going dove hunting in the a.m. I don't have time to e-mail Browning etc. etc. but I will if it can't be cleared up here.
Thanks!!!!!
Them ducks is wary.
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Go with the prints on the forestock. They're correct for that gun.
On a A-5 you want the least felt recoil with flawless action. Otherwise you'll experience damage to the forestock at some point.
One thing to remember... While a 3" shell has to recoil the action further to clear a spent case, the powder load may well be exactly the same as it's shorter cousin. All is not the same as it once was and your intuition and shoulder may be far more accurate than the paperwork.
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Nord, good advice thanks. I had previously given up on reading the paper on the inside of the forearm due to wear and the elements of a hard early life of duck hunting. (You could shoot lead in 20 gauge for a couple of years due to no available shot, while 12 gauge was mandated steel) so the gun has always been hunted hard. Doves in the rain etc. However, with a magnifying glass and the light just right it does in fact contradict the manual!!!!!!!
So there you have it. I must now make a note and put inside manual so my feeble brain will not become fuddle again.
P.S. Limited out on doves Saturday but please don't ask how many boxes of shells it took. Hey they were flying high.
Them ducks is wary.
Edited by - booger on 09/08/2002 20:05:490
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