New Browning A5 in 16 ga.

mgorvi said:
I ordered one on Friday. $1450 plus $55 shipping and insurance. Could be May or early summer before I see it. I just wanted to make sure I got one for the fall because I sold my 20 gauge. All I have left is my Sig 40 S&W and their hard to hit with that gun, especially on the fly.
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Mark, that took some balls to order one sight unseen! Let us know when you see it and what you think. I've got my name on the list at a local gun shop back in South Dakota. I'll be paying them a visit when I return from Arizona in April. I think if the new A5 16 ga. is half as good as we all anticipate we will be a happy lot. :)
 
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I ordered it from Joel Etchen Guns. Matt helped me out. Put $250 down. I'll let you know what I think when I get it. I've developed some arthritis/stenosis in the lumbar region as I've gotten older, and a got a disc pushing against my spinal cord in my lower back that I gotta be careful with. I'm really worked on lightening up equipment wise this past year. Game bag and I think this gun only weighs 5.75lbs, and it could really make a difference. I'm hoping it will be a nice gun. I don't have enough retirement income to own a collection, so when I buy one it's gotta count.
 
mgorvi said:
I ordered it from Joel Etchen Guns. Matt helped me out. Put $250 down. I'll let you know what I think when I get it. I've developed some arthritis/stenosis in the lumbar region as I've gotten older, and a got a disc pushing against my spinal cord in my lower back that I gotta be careful with. I'm really worked on lightening up equipment wise this past year. Game bag and I think this gun only weighs 5.75lbs, and it could really make a difference. I'm hoping it will be a nice gun. I don't have enough retirement income to own a collection, so when I buy one it's gotta count.
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Awesome, the shot show you tube videos look pretty good!
 
mgorvi said:
I ordered it from Joel Etchen Guns. Matt helped me out. Put $250 down. I'll let you know what I think when I get it. I've developed some arthritis/stenosis in the lumbar region as I've gotten older, and a got a disc pushing against my spinal cord in my lower back that I gotta be careful with. I'm really worked on lightening up equipment wise this past year. Game bag and I think this gun only weighs 5.75lbs, and it could really make a difference. I'm hoping it will be a nice gun. I don't have enough retirement income to own a collection, so when I buy one it's gotta count.
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I've had spinal stenosis myself for over a dozen years. Sounds like you need to see the Lazer Spine Institute down here in Phoenix.
 
One of my buddies and I both have one on order. We prepaid at Scheel's, so no turning back! We also own 3 of the new A5 12 gauge guns and have been using them without any problems for 4 years. If you shoot an old A5 well, you'll love how the new ones shoot.
 
jonnyB said:
The recoil numbers posted on a previous message are approximate and come from the following sources: Handloaders Digest, Big Game Info., and Lyman Reloaders Handbook.

I'm just the messenger here...and curious. Some of the numbers will, of course, vary with gun type.

However, it's generally assumed: the lighter the gun, the greater the kick.
George and Patrick need to buy these guns and provide us with their results!
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According the the recoil calculator I use, a 5.9 pound gun shooting 1 1/8 oz of shot at 1240 gives 24 foot pounds of recoil.
 
The chart I use sez 16 ga., 7.5lb gun,1 1/8 oz. is 27.6 lbs.: "Lyman Reloaders Handbook" et al.

Assume a gun lighter would be over 30?

I shoot a 20 ga. Bng. Gold: 1 1/4 oz. 7.5 lbs. gives my shoulder a good push, hence I shoot lighter shells. A heavier gun seems to absorb more of the shock. The "gold" gun is gas operated - the new Browning is mechanical?
 
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Rooster Roaster said:
One of my buddies and I both have one on order. We prepaid at Scheel's, so no turning back! We also own 3 of the new A5 12 gauge guns and have been using them without any problems for 4 years. If you shoot an old A5 well, you'll love how the new ones shoot.
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RR, glad to hear a positive report on the new A5's. I do shoot a '60 Sweet Sixteen very well so your report is encouraging. Guess the proof will be in the field once I get one. Not going to let go of the '60 Sweet until I'm completely satisfied the new one is a keeper. Did Scheel's give any idea of when they were going to have them in stock?
 
Dakotazeb said:
RR, glad to hear a positive report on the new A5's. I do shoot a '60 Sweet Sixteen very well so your report is encouraging. Guess the proof will be in the field once I get one. Not going to let go of the '60 Sweet until I'm completely satisfied the new one is a keeper. Did Scheel's give any idea of when they were going to have them in stock?
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They told both us that the dealers would get them in August. I'm reading everything from May, June, to they're ready now.

I'm hoping by mid summer.

Regarding the shootabilty, the first five shots I fired with my 12 A5 resulted in five ducks. These weren't coming into decoys, it was helter-skelter flooded timber shooting. Then I went on a tear with it on pheasants that year. They have shims, so you can dial in the fit pretty well.
 
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I hope I paid a fair price and didn't get screwed. I felt the most comfortable with my old A5 because I shoot off my right shoulder but am very left eye dominant, so I gotta shoot left eye closed. The more heads up position really helps me see the bird better so I tend to stay in the gun better, and I'm less likely to peek. I shot a sx3 20 gauge last season and I really liked it. It seemed to fit like a glove but I tended to pick my head up and had to mash my head down on the stock, even after I dropped the heel. Really liked the 20 tho. Never had one before.
 
mgorvi, you did fine on the price. I paid 25 more than you at Scheel's. Who knows, maybe there are even lower prices, but I had the money from the sale of a SxS that I wasn't shooting that well on game, so I decided to go for it.
 
mgorvi,

I am just like you - right handed and left eye dominant. I have known I was left eye dominant for a long time, but never really realized how having my head in the upright position with the A5 versus say a model 1100 helped me. I just knew that I shot so much better with the A5. You are right, the A5 does help me focus more on the barrel and the bird without sorta seeing "double".

I tried an SX3 about three years ago, and though I loved the light weight and reliability of the gun, I couldn't shoot it for crap and always felt I was looking over the barrel rather than down the barrel. I also had a SBE II and that worked out pretty well for me because though it does not have the dramatic hump of the A5, it has a raised receiver that pretty much performs the same way.
 
For RR and others who have the new A5 in 12 ga. I have a question. Do the new A5's have a magazine cutoff like the old A5's? Can I open the action and lock the action open without a shell coming into the receiver from the magazine? Thanks.
 
Zeb, the new A5 doesn't have the same magazine cutoff lever as the old Auto-5, but you can perform the same job in a different way. Its actually easier than the old lever. I copy/pasted some information below from a review because it's better than I could explain it.
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One Browning feature apparently missing from the A5 is the magazine cutoff lever. The Auto-5 and other Brownings have a lever you can flip, allowing you to remove the round in the magazine without chambering the next one. However, the A5, like a Benelli, has a carrier stop button that must be engaged to make the bolt stand open. Therefore if you want to remove the shell in the chamber, you pull back the bolt, remove the round in the chamber, and it will close without cycling the next round. It's a feature that comes in very handy when you want to safely cross an obstacle, or when you want to pull out a duck load and drop in a goose shell. Incidentally, the carrier stop button on the A5 is large, easy to use and easy to find in front of the trigger guard even with gloves on.
 
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Slidellkid,
Ya, eye dominance is just a curse when I'm shooting. It's almost as bad as my spinal stenosis. Can't imagine what it would be like shooting with both eyes open. I tried some of that stuff out there, dots, vaseline, fiber optic sights, tape. I can make some of it work on the trap line, but when I'm in the field keeping track of my dog, other folks if I'm not alone, and not stepping in a badger hole, when that bird flushes there's no way I can utilize those things. I also shot a 20ga sx3 last season. Great gun, loved the feel, but I just could not stay in it very well. I shot 25 birds last nov. when I was out there and almost everyone was dropped on the second or third shot. I was peeking on the first shot every time, and missing. The only thing keeping me in the game was my pointer served up so many close shots. In December when I was out there the flushes were farther away and I was a complete piece of garbage. Went 1 for 9. A5 is like heads up display in a corvette, for me. Can't wait to get my hands on the new one.
 
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