Browning Auto-5

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.