16ga.com Forum Index
Author Message
<  16ga. Guns  ~  >>>BROWNING A5 16ga SERIAL NUMBER DATE GUIDE<<
rudolph31
PostPosted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 8:42 am  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 08 Jul 2013
Posts: 325

Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
rudolph31
PostPosted: Wed Jun 22, 2016 7:28 am  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 08 Jul 2013
Posts: 325

Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Bronzebow
PostPosted: Mon Aug 29, 2016 8:16 pm  Reply with quote



Joined: 06 Oct 2012
Posts: 58
Location: East Texas

didn't want this great thread get too go away.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
morngstar
PostPosted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:33 pm  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 21 Mar 2013
Posts: 326
Location: South Dakota

I am very happy to finally own a first year 1909 Browning A5 16ga.



FN produced 3200 16ga A5 in 1909. Only eight of these guns were shipped to the U.S. market. This one is not one of the eight. It is an all original, matching numbers first year 16ga A5. I am very grateful to William "Will" Gurton for the lead that allowed me to purchase this gun. I have been looking for one for a few years.

When I get it home next week I will post pictures. The pic above was sent to me by the seller. I consulted with Art, Art's Gun Shop, and asked him to preserve the original parts for me but restore, replace and or fix everything so it is fully serviceable. I plan to hunt with it.

_________________
1909 Browning A5 16ga
1936 Very Sweet Sixteen, 1937 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot, 1938 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot
1947 Sweet Sixteen Three Shot, 1947 A5 16ga Three Shot, 1947 Sweet Sixteen
1935 Superposed 3 inch chambered, 16ga conversion
Browning 725 16ga
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
morngstar
PostPosted: Mon Sep 12, 2016 9:48 pm  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 21 Mar 2013
Posts: 326
Location: South Dakota

Here it is as I got it this afternoon.















_________________
1909 Browning A5 16ga
1936 Very Sweet Sixteen, 1937 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot, 1938 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot
1947 Sweet Sixteen Three Shot, 1947 A5 16ga Three Shot, 1947 Sweet Sixteen
1935 Superposed 3 inch chambered, 16ga conversion
Browning 725 16ga
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
fn16ga
PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 3:58 am  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 09 Jan 2013
Posts: 2165
Location: Florida

Very cool - Great find , I really like the early 16ga guns . I have 4 nothing quite that early one was made in the early teens . 3 are straight stocks , 1 is POW with a check piece .

Is that the original forearm ?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
morngstar
PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 5:19 am  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 21 Mar 2013
Posts: 326
Location: South Dakota

Hi fn16ga, yes that is the original forearm. It is an all matching numbers gun.

_________________
1909 Browning A5 16ga
1936 Very Sweet Sixteen, 1937 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot, 1938 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot
1947 Sweet Sixteen Three Shot, 1947 A5 16ga Three Shot, 1947 Sweet Sixteen
1935 Superposed 3 inch chambered, 16ga conversion
Browning 725 16ga
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
rudolph31
PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 6:29 am  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 08 Jul 2013
Posts: 325

Congratulations Goad, you've found the Grail. What's the next quest?
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
morngstar
PostPosted: Tue Sep 13, 2016 8:01 am  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 21 Mar 2013
Posts: 326
Location: South Dakota

Today it's the earliest 2016 Sweet Sixteen Very Happy

_________________
1909 Browning A5 16ga
1936 Very Sweet Sixteen, 1937 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot, 1938 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot
1947 Sweet Sixteen Three Shot, 1947 A5 16ga Three Shot, 1947 Sweet Sixteen
1935 Superposed 3 inch chambered, 16ga conversion
Browning 725 16ga
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
morngstar
PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:06 pm  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 21 Mar 2013
Posts: 326
Location: South Dakota

fn16ga wrote:
Is that the original forearm ?



Hard to believe but 107 years later here it is, original forearm #938


_________________
1909 Browning A5 16ga
1936 Very Sweet Sixteen, 1937 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot, 1938 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot
1947 Sweet Sixteen Three Shot, 1947 A5 16ga Three Shot, 1947 Sweet Sixteen
1935 Superposed 3 inch chambered, 16ga conversion
Browning 725 16ga
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
double vision
PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:11 pm  Reply with quote
Guest





Wow! Now there's a piece of history. Congratulations!
Back to top
morngstar
PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:24 pm  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 21 Mar 2013
Posts: 326
Location: South Dakota

Thanks guys. I just hope I have it back from Art before the 16ga shoot next spring.

_________________
1909 Browning A5 16ga
1936 Very Sweet Sixteen, 1937 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot, 1938 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot
1947 Sweet Sixteen Three Shot, 1947 A5 16ga Three Shot, 1947 Sweet Sixteen
1935 Superposed 3 inch chambered, 16ga conversion
Browning 725 16ga
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
fn16ga
PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:27 pm  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 09 Jan 2013
Posts: 2165
Location: Florida

morngstar wrote:
fn16ga wrote:
Is that the original forearm ?



Hard to believe but 107 years later here it is, original forearm #938



Rare indeed , wonderful find .

To quote Dave Erickson in another thread .

I hate you !!!...............really just alittle jealous .

I do have a first year 12ga A5 that is all original including the springs , but the forearm is split but original to the gun .


Last edited by fn16ga on Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:08 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
morngstar
PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 5:48 pm  Reply with quote
Member
Member


Joined: 21 Mar 2013
Posts: 326
Location: South Dakota

fn16ga wrote:
I do have a first year 12ga A5 that is all original including the springs , but the forearm is split but original to the gun .


I remember seeing it in a show and tell here a year or two ago. Very nice.

Another bonus on this one is it has the hollow stock. Sweet Sixteen style.

_________________
1909 Browning A5 16ga
1936 Very Sweet Sixteen, 1937 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot, 1938 Sweet Sixteen 3 Shot
1947 Sweet Sixteen Three Shot, 1947 A5 16ga Three Shot, 1947 Sweet Sixteen
1935 Superposed 3 inch chambered, 16ga conversion
Browning 725 16ga
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail
double vision
PostPosted: Wed Sep 14, 2016 6:53 pm  Reply with quote
Guest





The ancient straight-stocked A5's have always been the most interesting to me. They transcend time and place. If only we could see the game fields these old guns roamed.
Back to top
Display posts from previous:   
All times are GMT - 7 Hours

View next topic
View previous topic
Page 4 of 6
Goto page Previous  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6  Next
16ga.com Forum Index  ~  16ga. Guns

Post new topic   Reply to topic


 
Jump to:  

You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum




Powered by phpBB and NoseBleed v1.09