, and I was remiss not to say a few words about it. The A5 is Browning’s inertia gun. It shares the squared-off receiver of the original Auto 5 and a couple of its features (“speed loading” and a ...

When John Browning designed the self-loading shotgun that became the Auto-5, he broke from his long partnership with Winchester, asking for royalties instead of a one-time payment for his patent.