It ain't an A-5. If you think so, you're just falling for the hype. The original is a classic. This is just an attempt to appropriate the name and hopefully fool a bunch of buyers into thinking they're getting the original. You will never find one sitting in the safe next to my 1958 Light 12 or 1961 Sweet Sixteen.
It maybe a great gun, but I choose not to reward the cheap marketing attempt.
I don't have any sentimental attachment to an A5, but, am always interested in the latest auto's.
However, a couple aspects of this one lessen the appeal a bit for me. They seem to market it as a waterfowler (at least in the video), but, it doesn't shoot 3.5's.
And, although it has an aluminum receiver, it's not all that light...7lb3oz to 7lb7oz depending on barrell length.
The Maxxus continues to interest me a bit more. Lighter, shoots 3.5's, and, probably a softer shooter.
I'm curious to see if the barrel will retract into the receiver area when the gun is fired, as with the old A-5. The moving barrel feature gives the A-5 a sound of it's own when fired. It's truly one of a kind.
The barrel is fixed and won't move. This "new" Browning system is simply another Benelli inertia variant (delayed blowback)
By the way it sounds this gun is using the inertia system and not the gas operated system?
It's certainly not the old browning long recoil system though! Closer to a newer Benelli design than the old A-5 double shuffle long action.