What Is the Best Shotgun For Duck Hunting? Part 6: The Browning A-5

Posted on June 01, 2016, 12:34 pm
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I never owned this gun until recently, but I grew up watching one being shot by my dad. When I was a kid, I called it “Humpy.”  There is no mistaking the Browning A-5 when you see it, but the new A-5 is not my daddy’s A-5.  The humped back receiver gives it away every time. The all new Browning A5 is built to be the most reliable, fastest cycling, best performing and softest shooting recoil-operated (yes, recoil-operated) autoloader on the planet. And Browning is so confident in the A5; they are standing behind it with a 100,000 round or five-year guarantee that this shotgun will work, come hell or high water. The new Browning A5 makes better use of kinetic energy with its powerful, short recoil-operated Kinematic Drive System. Kinematic Drive harnesses recoil energy and converts it into the mechanical motion needed to operate the action. This concept is tried and true and now perfected by the company that broke ground first with autoloading shotguns. The beauty of Kinematic Drive is the simplicity of design for consistent, reliable function with any load and under the full extremes of weather, temperature, moisture and grime.

The new Inflex II Technology recoil pad is the next generation of the most recoil absorbing pad available. A softer new outer material provides even better recoil absorbing performance and is super slippery to prevent snagging on clothing when shouldering. Internal directional deflection construction guides the comb down and away from your cheek for greater shooting comfort and faster, more accurate follow-up shots.

Speed Loading has been popular on Browning autoloaders for decades. Browning’s patented feeding system sends the first shell loaded into the magazine directly into the chamber. Unloading is just as easy with the Speed Unload feature that makes emptying the magazine fast and easy, without having to cycle and chamber every shell with the bolt handle.

The strength of a Browning barrel is legendary and is built to handle the punishment of steel shot. Unlike some manufacturers’ barrels whose guns face an uncertain future after shooting steel, Browning has long been at the forefront of dependable steel shot performance and durability. Their barrels meet the strictest material and construction quality standards. The barrel blanks are made from rolled and tempered steel bars and are stress relieved to offer exceptional mechanical properties. The barrel blanks are then precision drilled, reamed and honed to exacting specifications. With proper care, a Browning A5 barrel will last a lifetime.

If you have been following my post on the best duck hunting shotguns, you will notice a few of my picks have been Browning guns. I love a Browning. I believe in what they make and will recommend their guns all day long.

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