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A-5 light-20

moretoysmoretoys Member Posts: 389 ✭✭✭
edited November 2010 in Ask the Experts
Does a browning A-5 20 gauge actually have the name light-20 on it, or is that just a nick name they have adopted?
I have a 20, and the closest description in the blue book matches the light 20, but mine is just marked (twenty)
Also, where would I go for the instruction sheet that used to be in
side the forearm?
edit- I forgot to mention, mine was made in 1970

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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello,

    The Light 20 is an actual variation, but it does not have "Light" marked on it anywhere. Instead, is has Twenty engraved on the upper left side of the receiver frame.

    Contact Browning for an instruction sheet and owners manual.

    WACA Historian & Life Member

  • moretoysmoretoys Member Posts: 389 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks Bert for confirming my suspicions
  • slumlord44slumlord44 Member Posts: 3,702 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Should have gold plated triger. All A5 20 guages were Light Twenty's.
  • rongrong Member Posts: 8,459
    edited November -1
    Hello , maybe you guys
    are speaking of Belgium
    guns. I have a Jap Light
    20 made in 1992 and on the left
    side of the receiver in
    cursive are the words
    "Light Twenty"
  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 16,961 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Originally posted by rong
    Hello , maybe you guys
    are speaking of Belgium
    guns. I have a Jap Light
    20 made in 1992 and on the left
    side of the receiver in
    cursive are the words
    "Light Twenty"



    [mine was made in 1970/quote]


    That would be the Belgium era.
  • drl50drl50 Member Posts: 2,496
    edited November -1
    There is the Magnum Twenty and the standard Twenty. Light Twenty was referenced to indicate it was not a magnum. Unlike the Sweet Sixteen vs the standard sixteen, I don't think there was any special variation. I don't think it was indicated on the receiver until most production moved to Japan in 1976.
  • txfellertxfeller Member Posts: 198 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by rong
    Hello , maybe you guys
    are speaking of Belgium
    guns. I have a Jap Light
    20 made in 1992 and on the left
    side of the receiver in
    cursive are the words
    "Light Twenty"


    I have a 1973 belgian auto five with the same "Light Twenty" marking, same location. I'd really love it if mine was one of a kind! But obviously there was a light twenty model that was marked accordingly.
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