| Remington Model 11/Browning Auto-5 | |
|---|---|
 Browning Auto-5 | |
| Type | Semi-automatic shotgun |
| Place of origin | United States/Belgium |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1905–1975 |
| Used by | See Users |
| Wars | World War I[1] World War II[1] Malayan Emergency[1] Vietnam War Rhodesian Bush War[2] |
| Production history | |
| Designer | John Browning |
| Designed | 1898 |
| Manufacturer | Browning Arms Fabrique Nationale Herstal (Belgique) Remington Arms Savage Arms Miroku Corp. |
| Produced | 1902–1998 |
| Variants | Remington Model 11, Remington Sportsman, Savage Model 720 and Model 745 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 4.1 kilograms (9.0 lb) |
| Length | 127 centimetres (50 in) |
| Barrel length | 71.1 centimetres (28.0 in) [3] |
| Cartridge | 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge |
| Action | Semi-automatic |
| Feed system | Two or four round tubular magazine, plus 1 in the chamber |
The Browning Automatic 5, most often Auto-5 or simply A-5, is a recoil-operated semi-automatic shotgun designed by John Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal. It was the first successful semi-automatic shotgun design, and remained in production until 1998. The name of the shotgun designates that it is an autoloader with a capacity of five rounds, four in the magazine and one in the chamber. Remington Arms and Savage Arms sold variants called the Remington Model 11 and Savage Model 720 that were nearly identical but lacked the magazine cutoff found on the Browning.
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- ^ McNab, Chris (2009). Firearms. Bath, UK: Parragon. p. 277. ISBN 978-1-4075-1607-3.