'looky asked for some pics, and who am I to deny him!
I love these old ladies, and what do you do when you love something? You spend way too much money and you give the old lass a birthday.
"Good deal" on consignment from one of the banner adds above. Bet you know why if you've ever bought a consignment gun haha. The quantity of filth contained by this gun was shocking. As almost all mag auto5's it was also missing the friction rings and steel beveled pieces for high recoil 3" loads. My visa fixed that, and while I was at it somehow a full set of A5 screwdrivers and a complete rebuild kit leaped into my cart. I was shocked at how set the old springs had become, both the recoil and action spring were a full inch shorter than the replacements. The mag tube one was pretty good but got replaced anyways.
Recoil is once again the correct clickety-snicker-clack and a gentle push on the shoulder. The few test rounds I put through before this were brutal, I can understand why these guns get a bad rap when they're missing pieces and the springs are clean wore out.
She's clearly been hunted a lot and shot a little, you can just about make out the previous owners hand size by the missing bluing on the undercarriage.
As it was my first time disassembling one I wasn't brave enough to remove the pin that lets you fully remove the bolt, so a bit of filth remains here. I'll get more bold this winter and do it properly.
Sticker is still in the forarm cover, like the rest of the gun it's seen better days
Pictured here is the setup for light loads (1 1/8oz 3dr trap loads cycle nicely)
To get her shooting 3" mags or 2 3/4 buck/slug you move the 2 steel pieces and the bronze friction ring from behind the recoil spring to behind the front ones. I'll set it up for mag loads and take another pic if anyone's curious.
So worth it to get all the proper friction pieces. Missing stuff like that drives me crazy.
Definitely down to about 60% bluing 30% in the white and 10% """patina"""
What's next? Finding a slug barrel for this, and finding a cut down barrel that I won't feel guilty about having threaded for thinwall chokes.
Also, I need an A5 light 12 as well as an A5 20ga. If you know of any....
I love these old ladies, and what do you do when you love something? You spend way too much money and you give the old lass a birthday.
"Good deal" on consignment from one of the banner adds above. Bet you know why if you've ever bought a consignment gun haha. The quantity of filth contained by this gun was shocking. As almost all mag auto5's it was also missing the friction rings and steel beveled pieces for high recoil 3" loads. My visa fixed that, and while I was at it somehow a full set of A5 screwdrivers and a complete rebuild kit leaped into my cart. I was shocked at how set the old springs had become, both the recoil and action spring were a full inch shorter than the replacements. The mag tube one was pretty good but got replaced anyways.
Recoil is once again the correct clickety-snicker-clack and a gentle push on the shoulder. The few test rounds I put through before this were brutal, I can understand why these guns get a bad rap when they're missing pieces and the springs are clean wore out.
She's clearly been hunted a lot and shot a little, you can just about make out the previous owners hand size by the missing bluing on the undercarriage.
As it was my first time disassembling one I wasn't brave enough to remove the pin that lets you fully remove the bolt, so a bit of filth remains here. I'll get more bold this winter and do it properly.
Sticker is still in the forarm cover, like the rest of the gun it's seen better days
Pictured here is the setup for light loads (1 1/8oz 3dr trap loads cycle nicely)
To get her shooting 3" mags or 2 3/4 buck/slug you move the 2 steel pieces and the bronze friction ring from behind the recoil spring to behind the front ones. I'll set it up for mag loads and take another pic if anyone's curious.
So worth it to get all the proper friction pieces. Missing stuff like that drives me crazy.
Definitely down to about 60% bluing 30% in the white and 10% """patina"""
What's next? Finding a slug barrel for this, and finding a cut down barrel that I won't feel guilty about having threaded for thinwall chokes.
Also, I need an A5 light 12 as well as an A5 20ga. If you know of any....
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