I don't and hate it!!!

1) It is inertia driven so it kicks more than a gas powered gun - but if that is what keeps you from getting one make sure and pick up some fingernail polish on your way home from the gun store so you can look pretty for the men that you hunt with!

I'm curious as to the nay-sayers. Why would you not want to try it and how could you hate a gun you have never shot? The old A5 was revolutionary in it's day.

Here is what I like about the gun after almost a full dove season, teal season and first of big ducks:

1) It just looks awesome! Love that old humpback!!

2) Easiest gun I have ever found to custom fit to how you shoulder your gun and what you want your sight line to be. In a matter of about 10 minutes I had it shouldering like I had owned it my entire life. First time out I shout about 90% on skeet.

3) Have yet to have a malfunction. I hunted all of dove and teal without cleaning the gun (after the initial cleaning of course). I did it because I wanted to test its tolerance for being dirty (my Beretta AL391 could only go two hunts without a thorough cleaning or it would malfunction). The gun never failed once (there was one time it did fail to eject a shell fully but that was because I was swinging on a bird behind me and did not have it solid against my shoulder - user, not equipment error).

4) Ease of cleaning - the one time that I have cleaned this gun after hunting (between teal and big ducks) it was about a ten minute job and that included barrel, receiver, trigger assembly and bolt assembly.


I'm telling you this is the best gun I have ever shot!


So what are the downsides?

1) It is inertia driven so it kicks more than a gas powered gun - but if that is what keeps you from getting one make sure and pick up some fingernail polish on your way home from the gun store so you can look pretty for the men that you hunt with!

2) They did not have a low gloss wood alternative in this first release of guns. The only way to get the wood stock was to buy it with the high gloss receiver - so I bought the black and will buy a replacement stock and forearm in wood when they come out - strip them down, soak them in oil and you are ready to roll old-school!

As you can see I am a HUGE fan of the new A5 - Browning did everything right with this gun!!

Maybe they're saying they don't have one and they hate not having it?

The haters do not like the fact that besides the shape of the receiver, it shares nothing in common with the old A-5. The A-5 in the name is marketing hyperbole.

I'm not saying the new A-5 is not a good shotgun, from the reviews I have read it appears quite capable. However, the internals are nothing like the old A-5. If they called it an A-6 to clearly indicate a new model, the haters would not have anything to hate.