4/15/2025

[Blake K]

Good day yesterday--survived my 30th tax season and my new Browning A5 20 gauge(which I ordered Jan 2024) finally came in!!

Looking forward to a lot less work hours and a lot more play hours the rest of 2025.

Going to have lots of clean up at my duck land once the river finally get back into its banks at a level which I can release water which in my case could be June or July(river fed by an Army Corp lake which is 8' over summer pool stage already) then will need a month or so of drying time so that I can drive on it. Praying that my moist soil plants will have plenty of growing time once the water is off of it.

 

[Steven Alexander]

Hello. Is there any update on the A5 20? I'm thinking of ordering one and wanted some firsthand experience. I've ran an A5 12 since about 2014. I hope its smaller brother is similar. Thanks.

 

[Blake K]

Hello. Is there any update on the A5 20? I'm thinking of ordering one and wanted some firsthand experience. I've ran an A5 12 since about 2014. I hope its smaller brother is similar. Thanks.

I have not shot mine yet--still debating if going to shoot it or simply keep it as an unfired safe queen. IF I knew that Browning was going to come out with a camo version of it this upcoming January trade show I will 100% keep the wood stock as a safe queen. I know myself too well and know I will scratch up the wood stock and would feel bad about that. Now a camo version, on the other hand, getting scratched up would not bother me in the least bit(ok it would bother me a little bit).

Been waiting years for Browning to come back out with a 20 ga humpback and it has been/will be extremely tough for me to not shoot it. I grew up shooting a humpback about when I was 12 yrs old and continued until the days of steel shot. Once the newer version of the A5 12 ga. came out, I started shooting them again. Hands down my favorite guns to shoot!!

 

[Steven Alexander]

I have not shot mine yet--still debating if going to shoot it or simply keep it as an unfired safe queen. IF I knew that Browning was going to come out with a camo version of it this upcoming January trade show I will 100% keep the wood stock as a safe queen. I know myself too well and know I will scratch up the wood stock and would feel bad about that. Now a camo version, on the other hand, getting scratched up would not bother me in the least bit(ok it would bother me a little bit).

Been waiting years for Browning to come back out with a 20 ga humpback and it has been/will be extremely tough for me to not shoot it. I grew up shooting a humpback about when I was 12 yrs old and continued until the days of steel shot. Once the newer version of the A5 12 ga. came out, I started shooting them again. Hands down my favorite guns to shoot!!

Thanks. Like you, I want a camo one. I didn't realize they only came in wood until after I asked you. I will wait patiently. My A5 is still rocking the old "sticky" dura-touch, but the stickiness has been worn off from use. I've only ran a few thousand rounds thru it, but I went ahead and cleaned it the other day. It didn't seem to help or hurt.