No other shotgun feels quite like an original Browning Auto 5 when it goes off. The entire barrel moves backward with the bolt, then forward as it picks up the next shell and returns to battery. That ...

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John Browning’s Auto-5 set the bar for semi-automatic shotguns. The famous “hump back” was made in countless configurations and gauges. It was used by a myriad of hunters for all kinds of wild game.