Shotgun Project

[Mac66]

Okay, Im up at my property and just came in from shooting the Remington for the first time and the Savage with the extended mag tube.

I put a box through each without a jam or glitch.

I then put the Remington barrel on the Savage. Had some jams at first but backing the mag tube off just a tad solved the problem. I then ran another box and a half through it without any more jams. Ran like a top.

Maybe I'm getting used to it but the recoil didn't bother me this time using field loads. I may have some buckshot for my Mossberg 500 in the truck so if I do I'll try some out tomorrow

[Strayz]

The A5 may be a beast but it's been in production since 1903. That's 117 years! They're still being made so someone still likes them

Let's be fair here, it was in almost continuous production for the better part of a century. There were a handful of gaps when it changed companies and countries of origin. It fell out of popularity long ago when gas operated guns became common.
The newer A5 of the last few years is not even close to the same design. It's just a nostalgic nod to the old gun.

Okay, I was wrong. I thought the current A5 was the same gun as the old A5. Apparently they stopped making the old A5 in 1998.

So let's go there......

From what I've found in my research it was designed by Browning in 1898 and patented in 1900. The design was sold to FN in 1902 after Winchester turned it down and the president of Remington died of a heart attack during negotiations. FN licensed Remington to make it in the US as the model 11 in 1905. Production of the FN/Browning Auto-5 in Belgium continued until the start of World War II, when Browning moved production to Remington in the United States. The Auto-5 was produced by Remington alongside the Model 11 until FN could resume making the gun after the war. My research also says it was made it continuously by Remington until 1947. Savage licensed it from FN/Browning and made it from 1930-1948. Browning made it up until 1998.

I would imagine production stopped in Belgium during WWI as well but I can't find any mention of that. As far as I can tell production was continuous by Remington since they started making it and throughout the world wars and throughout WWII by Savage. So no real gaps in production as far as I can tell. It was in continuous production for 95 years and well after gas operated shotguns came into vogue. I would say that's a pretty good design.

the Belgium made guns were made there until sometime in the 1975.

[Mac66]

I'm home now. I forgot to try out the buckshot. I'm going back up the end of next week so will try to remember to run some buck through them.

Still debating whether to cut the barrel down on the Remington and use it on the Savage. I guess I should pattern both barrels with turkey shot before I cut anything. The Remington barrel has an adjustable Poly Choke that can be used at full choke. The Savage has a fixed Improved Choke.

Here's some photos of them in the wild.