grousehunter49
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Are All A5 friction pieces suppose to be beveled on both ends, my gun came with a govenor ring by the receiver, so should,nt my friction be beveled on both ends? 1949 Standard 12ga
Browning A5 bronze friction piece
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jaguarxk120
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Look at the barrel ring, it to is beveled. The friction ring can be placed bevel up or down. The rule of thumb is to start with the heavy setting and work backward.
For light loads I would set the ring with the bevel up toward the barrel ring. As the barrel recoils backward the ring is compressed against the magazine tube slowing the moving parts. If the unbeveled side is up tward the barrel ring the compression will be less and a lighter loaded shell can be used. The nice thing about the Browning A5 is the it can be "tuned" to the shell you are shooting at the time.
Please don't forget the A5 design is over 100 years old and still work great today. It took over 50 years for the American gun makers to come up with a good gas gun and some of the early ones weren't that good.
For light loads I would set the ring with the bevel up toward the barrel ring. As the barrel recoils backward the ring is compressed against the magazine tube slowing the moving parts. If the unbeveled side is up tward the barrel ring the compression will be less and a lighter loaded shell can be used. The nice thing about the Browning A5 is the it can be "tuned" to the shell you are shooting at the time.
Please don't forget the A5 design is over 100 years old and still work great today. It took over 50 years for the American gun makers to come up with a good gas gun and some of the early ones weren't that good.
grousehunter49
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A5 bronze friction piece
My 1949 A5 came with one flat end and one beveled end, another guy got a 1949 and he said his is beveled on both ends, now come? what one is right?
My 1949 A5 came with one flat end and one beveled end, another guy got a 1949 and he said his is beveled on both ends, now come? what one is right?
grousehunter49
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A5 bronze friction piece
According to the Browning parts list, the standard and light have the same bronze piece only the Magnum is differance,Did you know that you can still buy all the A5 parts from Browning?
According to the Browning parts list, the standard and light have the same bronze piece only the Magnum is differance,Did you know that you can still buy all the A5 parts from Browning?
jaguarxk120
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Not bad for a design that's over 100 years old!
The A5's are still going strong and with todays new guns out there can still out perform many of them.
Nice thing about the A5, no stamped, injection moulded, powder metal, or plastic parts.
The A5's are still going strong and with todays new guns out there can still out perform many of them.Nice thing about the A5, no stamped, injection moulded, powder metal, or plastic parts.
grousehunter49
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A5 friction ring
That is a good answer and makes sence, thank you, now I got to replace the one I spoiled.
That is a good answer and makes sence, thank you, now I got to replace the one I spoiled.