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Vero,

Suffered the same problem last year with one of my A-5s. An older gentleman that I shoot skeet with said the best thing I could do for all of my A-5s was to wipe all the oils off the tube and ...

Thanks for the information. You are both correct as far as recoil opererated cycle, just was not to sure on how to word the question. I suppose I will contine with my trial and error method of finding ...

I was wondering if anyone would know the minimum breech pressure required to operate a 16 gauge A-5 action? Light load ring setting prefered.

Regards
John

Came across a Savage auto loader which appears to be a direct copy of an A-5 at the local gun store. The gun has Savage Arms marked on the barrel and Springfield Armory on the reciever. The price is r ...

Good Evening Onefunzr2

Thanks for the information and saving me the trouble of responding to Hoashooter. I am a few decades older than your 35 years and along with my eyesight not being as good as ...

I am thinking of replacing my old powder scale. I have been looking at the electronic models as compared to the manual style. Any suggestions or recommendations.

Regards
John

Good Evening 16 Gauge Guy

I have been meaning to get back to you on your loads but have been busy hunting pheasants. I loaded up two boxes and took them down to the skeet range last weekend. The l ...

Hello Jeff

I cannot agree or disagee with your comments as with most older guns, it appears nothing is correct. I just hauled two pre war A-5s from my gun cabinent. Both are plainly marked on the s ...

Sounds like you have purchased a fine FN Browning. I have a little different slant than the information you have recieved so far on this forum. The gun you have was not made for the European domestic ...

16gg

Thanks for the information. I have a supply of Green Dot on hand and will try the loads thid weekend.

Regards
John

Dave

Thanks for the load information. However, what is Alliant Promo powder?
I checked all my listings for Alliant and Hercules and come up with nothing of that name.

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I have been shooting skeet all summer with my Sweet Sixteen, but now that the rains have set in, I want to use my Browning Feather. ( no bending over to pick up the hulls ) A while back there was a re ...

I now have a little more time on my hands and would like to get more serious about trap shooting. I have numerous i6 gauge guns that I use for skeet,sporting clays and the occasional round of trap but ...

Rooster

I had a Sauer double barrel in the early sixties. Used it on everything from snipe to geese and took a lot of birds with it. The gun had double triggers and a straight stock. I do not know ...

Revdocdrew

The plot continues to thicken.
You are thinking along the same train of thought as myself. My gun has a round knob and is Belgium made. It seemed strange that the main body of the seria ...