remingtonman_25_06
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Friend picked up an older Browning A-5 12 gauge and were both curious as to how much its worth??
Browning A-5
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I would assume its a Belgium manufactured shotgun. I would think it would have some collectors value for sure.
JD338
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remingtonman_25_06
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Your correct about it being made in Belgium. It has no rust on the metal. Any guess on a price??
Harpersend
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From the looks of the trigger and safety, that may be either a Remington/Browning co-manufacture gun or one produced during WWII for military use. I would seriously consider taking it t a competent and trusted gunsmith and get his opinion. I believe most of the public use Browning A-5's made in Belgium had a gold plated trigger. The safety was side to side in motion and in the rear of the trigger guard; not front to back and in the front of the trigger guard as the one pictured.
Regardless of origin, it is one of the most pointable shotguns most people with ever shoot. I have had at one time 4 Browning A-5's and I am now down to 2 (a Belgium made Light 12 and a Japan made Magnum 12). The other 2 that I no longer have, one was similar to the one picture above, but "bubba" got a hold of it, cut the barrel down, parkarized it, and added a rem-choke piece on the end of the barrel. It shot, but I traded it for a Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 Mag. It wasn't worth much in it's condition. The other was a Japan made light 12 with a 32" barrel and was just terrible to shoot, was not quick handeling at all. It was traded for a Ruger Blackhawk 357 Mag. I still have both of those revolvers and enjoy shooting them much more.
I researched the one similar to yours a good bit, but never found much info on it other than what I mentioned above. Let us know what you find out.
In an answer to your question about pricing, the most recent pricing I have seen was on a Belgium made Magnum 12 in very good condition for about $900.00. If the one that you have is an WWII era shotgun that is unaltered other than the weathering and worness of the wood, it may fetch a nice price.......... It is hard to say............
Regardless of origin, it is one of the most pointable shotguns most people with ever shoot. I have had at one time 4 Browning A-5's and I am now down to 2 (a Belgium made Light 12 and a Japan made Magnum 12). The other 2 that I no longer have, one was similar to the one picture above, but "bubba" got a hold of it, cut the barrel down, parkarized it, and added a rem-choke piece on the end of the barrel. It shot, but I traded it for a Ruger Super Blackhawk 44 Mag. It wasn't worth much in it's condition. The other was a Japan made light 12 with a 32" barrel and was just terrible to shoot, was not quick handeling at all. It was traded for a Ruger Blackhawk 357 Mag. I still have both of those revolvers and enjoy shooting them much more.
I researched the one similar to yours a good bit, but never found much info on it other than what I mentioned above. Let us know what you find out.
In an answer to your question about pricing, the most recent pricing I have seen was on a Belgium made Magnum 12 in very good condition for about $900.00. If the one that you have is an WWII era shotgun that is unaltered other than the weathering and worness of the wood, it may fetch a nice price.......... It is hard to say............
- Oct 30, 2004
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what a classic man. They worship these guns in Europe.
