Willie Lowman
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I have a Browning A5 Light 12. The wood is in bad shape. There's a long crack in the forend and a burn on the stock from where it was left too close to a campfire by the previous owner.
I found the gun to be a jam-o-mattic with normal 2 3/4 shells. However it runs 100% with Remington Premier STS target shells witch are totally smooth hulls. I am guessing it would run well with paper hull shells but I don't have any to test.
The metal/finish is near 100% on this gun. When it runs (with the right shells that are no longer in production) it runs great. When fed regular shells it simply doesn't work. It has trouble chambering, problems extracting and ejecting. It's just all bad. But like I said, when I use the Premier STS shells it runs and runs.
I want to have new wood put on the gun because the metal is beautiful. I would also like the gun to run on normal readily available ammo.
I don't know much about the A5. I have never taken it down to the point that I have removed the bolt from the receiver. Any and all advice is appreciated. I can provide pics if they will help.
I'd take it to a gunsmith but there are no real smiths in my area anymore, just AR15 assemblers.
I found the gun to be a jam-o-mattic with normal 2 3/4 shells. However it runs 100% with Remington Premier STS target shells witch are totally smooth hulls. I am guessing it would run well with paper hull shells but I don't have any to test.
The metal/finish is near 100% on this gun. When it runs (with the right shells that are no longer in production) it runs great. When fed regular shells it simply doesn't work. It has trouble chambering, problems extracting and ejecting. It's just all bad. But like I said, when I use the Premier STS shells it runs and runs.
I want to have new wood put on the gun because the metal is beautiful. I would also like the gun to run on normal readily available ammo.
I don't know much about the A5. I have never taken it down to the point that I have removed the bolt from the receiver. Any and all advice is appreciated. I can provide pics if they will help.
I'd take it to a gunsmith but there are no real smiths in my area anymore, just AR15 assemblers.