New Browning A5

[DrakeDemon]

Does anyone know anything about then or if these are available yet? I have been to their website and it says they are coming out in late summer. Just was curious if any of you knew any info about them or had seen them yet. I really want one... I think!

[duckkiller]

They have been out, they look ok but are not even close to the orig. A5's.

[DrakeDemon]

Ok thanks for the input so maybe I need to try another gun dealer.

[ScottyLee]

hunters hollow in oxford had one in a couple weeks ago when i was in there. don't know if they have more in or if that one sold... call them up. i also know they had a wait list and they were calling people on the list as they got some in.

[quack fiend]

I'd be very cautious about buying something in its first year of release. It's basically a short recoil binilli made to look like an A-5. I prefer long recoil or gas myself for personal use, just my preference.

[LODI QUACKER]

DO you know where benelli got their original drawings and design?

[kb7722]

DO you know where benelli got their original drawings and design?

No. Do tell.

[duramax]

$1,400-$1,600 for a 3" gun!?!? That's absurd. If someone wants a 3" recoil operated semi-auto, I defy anyone to find a better one than a Benelli M1 or now M2. Plus they cost less! But that is just my opinion. If you are a Browning person and you love the goofy look of an A5, then have at it.
I still can't believe how much all guns have gone up in the last 5 years. M2's when they first came out were right at a grand. Now they are almost $1,300. That's what SBE II's used to cost. Now they are $1,600. I guess it goes to the rising cost of metals and oil prices, but it's still crazy that there has been a 25% jump in prices for regular guns (there's no suprise that prices for AR's have jumped with Barry in office).

[LODI QUACKER]

DO you know where benelli got their original drawings and design?

No. Do tell.

Hell I dont know.

Just the rumors that I have heard, I was kinda hoping someone on here had the real scoop.

I have heard that the sbe came directly from a john browning patent.

[duramax]

DO you know where benelli got their original drawings and design?

No. Do tell.

Hell I dont know.

Just the rumors that I have heard, I was kinda hoping someone on here had the real scoop.

I have heard that the sbe came directly from a john browning patent.

I heard it was the opposite where when the Benelli patent expired in 2006, Browning copied it for the new A5.

[LODI QUACKER]

The times I have heard this was prior to the new gun.

[Bonecollecter1111]

i don't really care where the idea cam from, i personally love the ole hump backs looks and style, they point really well. and if it works out as a good design i gonna try to get one. i love my SBE, but to have basically and SBE in a humpback body, i think that would be awsome, now to convince my wife i need another gun , might have to just ask for forgivness on that one

[duramax]

i don't really care where the idea cam from, i personally love the ole hump backs looks and style, they point really well. and if it works out as a good design i gonna try to get one. i love my SBE, but to have basically and SBE in a humpback body, i think that would be awsome, now to convince my wife i need another gun , might have to just ask for forgivness on that one

It's the best policy. It works more often than permission.

[quack fiend]

You defy anyone to find a better 3" recoil-op semi-auto than a milli-benilli? That's so easy--the A-5 mag-12, preferably jap-made with invector +. Costs less, all forged steel, will be around for your great grand-kids, clean it once every decade or so if you're bored--not that it'll need it.

[RiverDuck]

So....uhhhh....has anybody shot this new A5 and can give some firsthand feedback?