Agree BinkMan- I'm not a clays shooter, nor do I own or care for either Over-Unders or semi-sutoloaders, whether made in the Land of Kawasaki or elsewhere. And to spend $1200 and change for a "Stuttgart Purdey- aka- Benelli" ain't my idea of a good gun purchase. No doubt the Remington 1100 with its way softer felt recoil replaced the venerable Model 12 and the Browning guns for serious clays men-But that old Browning reliability- the Browning M2 .50 Cal. MG- what a *&#@kickin' weapon- reliable, slower cyclical rate of fire than the Kraut Schmeisser and MG-42's that were called "Hitler's Zippers" in WW11-you can change barrels on a Ma Deuce and re-headspace, and be good to go- and John Moses Browning's 1911-A-1 in .45 ACP is the most copied pistol in the World,why- because they always work- like the Models 1897 and Model 12's--If I had the money and the taste for an O/U it would be a Beretta- McIntosh rates the world's older gunmaker (1620) as the best in his 1989 book, and for an autoloader- a Browning Gold gas operated model-
The other gents who said that most owners of Browning A-5's overlubed them and FUBARed the setting of the friction ring are correct-
Last edited by Run With The Fox; 03/20/09 07:32 PM.
