Hello,

I am familiar with the Browning Auto-5 shotgun and have one made by FN in 1948.

I also just stumbled into a deal I couldn't pass up on a Savage 720, the Savage licensed copy of the Remington model 11 licensed copy of the Browning Auto-5, as I understand it.

I know which parts are interchangeable- that isn't my question.

My question is: would you think the steel quality in the Savage 720 barrel was better/same/or worse than the steel quality in the Remington model 11? The Savage was from around 1938.

And I also was wondering if you think those barrels are good to go for threading and installing steel-shot compatible removable chokes, in the extended choke designs, so the constriction in the choke is more outside of the barrel?


I am in California where lead shot is disappearing, and illegal for hunting purposes.

I am debating what to do to make this shotgun last the longest time: go with threaded chokes and extended tubes or open choke up to light modified and keep steel under 1350fps and #6 shot or smaller.

What are your thoughts?

Classic 'field' SxS's are what draw me in- that way I can have more than one!