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Browning shotgun

boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
edited January 2007 in Ask the Experts
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.
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    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
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    anyone know the age of this gun? Browning 16 ga. serial no. 99601 and what it might be worth,or where I could go to find out. The gun has been reblued by gun shop and looks very good, bright bor. fore arm cracked.
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I HAVE A BROWNING HUMPBACK LIGHT 12 GAUGE, HAVE HAD IT FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS. ITS IN GREAT CONDITION STILL HAS BLUE ON THE BARREL. I WAS WANDERING IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT ITS VALUE IS.I HAVE 2 MORE BARRELS TO GO WITH IT. THANKS, BRUCE
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    can you tell me how old my browning shotgun is it's an A5 12 ga. serial # is 94565

    RS LITWIN
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    This is probably a dumb question but i had someone tell me that his price guide showed a value of $700 for my brownig shotgun
    ( item # 16220343) The gun was brand new in the box so i started the auction at what i thought was a wildly optimistic price. since then its gone to a point were i'm woried i've mis represented it in some way. Was the price guide just not that accurate or have i done something dumb?
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Need info on a Browning 20 ga. auto shotgun. It has a 26" barrel and ventilated rib. I need model#, years manufactured and approximate value of one in excellent condition.

    Thanks,
    Joe Mc
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can Someone tell me what a Browning A-5 Light 12 in like new condition is worth?

    Thank you,
    Aaron
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i recently came across an old shotgun that i need some info about. it's a browning and the tag that was on it said "model 11 ", i looked closer and found that barrel had browning stamped on it ,but the reciever section and grip had remington stamped on it .unfortunately i went back to buy it and it had been sold . i guess i missed out on interesting firearm. anybody know anything about this gun ? any info would help . thanks
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Trying to determine date of manufacture of a Browning Light Twelve.
    Anyone help out?
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a friend who's trying to sell me a Browning model 30 special field pump 12ga. I'd like to buy it but cant figure out what its worth. Any suggestions?
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am trying to gauge the value of a shotgun i received. It is a browning 16 gauge shotgun made in Belgium. It says "sweet sixteen" on the side and is very clean looking. My camera phone won't do justice in this case so i am only looking for an about or average idea of what it might be worth. serial # 52,xxx thanks
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Also I was told that it has been rechambered for 3" shells but that when it is shot with 3" they will not eject completly. can this be fixed?
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  • stevenrayspeckstevenrayspeck Member Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What is the Model[?] Is it a pump, Over/under, sidexside, semi-auto, single shot. We need detailes!!!
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  • jbw1776jbw1776 Member Posts: 3,056
    edited November -1
    I'm assuming you're talking about the auto-5, my book shows 1935.

    Can't tell you about value, since any collector value was lost when reblued and rechambered. It would be valued strictly as a shooter. You can go to the auction side and pull up some "closed auctions" for the A-5 16ga. and just see what they are bringing in the condition yours is in.

    Ben
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  • duckhunterduckhunter Member Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Never did see a 3 inch 16 ga shell. Have you??
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  • jbw1776jbw1776 Member Posts: 3,056
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by duckhunter
    Never did see a 3 inch 16 ga shell. Have you??


    Dang DH, never picked up on that![B)][:D]

    Ben
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It is a semi auto, can't see anything on it about model. I'm not very informed about amo, as for the 3" shell. The owner is in his 80's and it was his fathers. He said it had been rechambered for magnium shells, thats why I said 3". And since the shell was not ejecting compleatly that just sounded good. He said that the shell would stop right at the edge at about 45%. What will fix this. THanks for the feed back.
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  • MIKE WISKEYMIKE WISKEY Member Posts: 10,046 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A 16 GA. MADE IN THE 1930'S WOULD HAVE A 2 9/16" CHAMBER. MODERN 2 3/4" SHELLS WOULD PROBABLY NOT EJECT ALL THE TIME. WHILE THE CHAMBER MAY HAVE BEEN LENGHTENED TO 2 3/4" THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER PARTS THAT HAVE TO BE ALTERED TO MAKE THE GUN FUNCTION PROPERY (EJECTION PORT LENGHTENED, EJECTOR MOVED REARWARD, ECT.).
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  • boostedglhtboostedglht Member Posts: 19 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks again, took the gun out and it shot fine no ejection proplems.
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  • vdms55vdms55 Member Posts: 298 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    wait a minute slim. no alterations necessary to make that 'ol auto-5 shoot hi-brass loads (hi brass meaning > than 2 3/4 dram equivalent loads). untwist the cap on the muzzle end of the forearm. slide forearm wood off. slide barrel off. next slide friction bushing off. now for the hard part.just kidding. slide beveled washer off. bevel should be toward muzzle so as to accommodate beveled part of friction bushing. slide spring off. turn beveled washer around, bevel pointing toward trigger. slide back down magazine tube. slide spring on mag. tube. slide friction ring on mag tube. slide barrel on mag. tube. slide forearm on mag. tube. twist cap back on mag. tube. all done except you could have wiped all the crud off the parts you just rearranged and lightly oiled them.
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