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Depiction of Auto-5 in 1909 catalog. The Browning Auto-5 was the first mass-produced semi-automatic shotgun. Designed by John Browning in 1898 and patented in 1900, [4] it was produced continually for almost 100 years by several makers with production ending in 1998. It features a distinctive high rear end, earning it the nickname "Humpback".
Browning Arms Company is best known for the A-Bolt and X-Bolt bolt-action rifles, the BAR semi-automatic rifle, the BPR pump-action rifle, the BPS pump-action shotgun, the Auto-5 semi-automatic shotgun, and the Hi-Power pistol. Browning also manufactures a set of trap shotguns such as the 725 Pro Trap, Citori CX series, and the Cynergy series.
Browning's most successful designs include the M1911 pistol, the water-cooled M1917, the air-cooled M1919, and heavy M2 machine guns, the M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, and the Browning Auto-5 – the first semi-automatic shotgun. Some of these arms are still manufactured, often with only minor changes in detail and cosmetics to those ...
Browning Auto-5: FN Herstal: 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge United States Belgium: 1898 Browning BSS: Browning Arms Company: 10 gauge 20 gauge Belgium: 1971 Browning BPS: Browning Arms Company: 10 gauge 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge 28 gauge.410 bore Japan: 1977 Browning Citori: Miroku Corporation: 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge 28 gauge.410 bore Japan: 1973
Semi-automatic shotguns use gas operation, blowback, or recoil operation to cycle the action, eject the empty shell, and load another round. [2] The first semi-automatic shotgun was the Automatic-5 by Browning. [3] [1] Many semi-automatic shotguns also provide an optional manual means of operation such as by pump action or a charging handle.
Browning Auto-5: FN Herstal: 12 gauge 16 gauge 20 gauge: SA SG Tubular magazine United States Belgium: 1898 Browning Double Automatic Shotgun: Browning Arms Company FN Herstal: 12 gauge: SA SG Single loading port United States: 1955 Derya MK [3] [4] Derya VR-60 [5] Derya VR-90 [6] Derya Bullpup N-100 [7] Derya Arms: 12 gauge 20 gauge: SA SG ...
Browning Auto-5: Semi-automatic shotgun United States: 2,000,000 [81] 3,000,000 [81] Browning made its 2 millionth gun in 1974 [82] Also produced as the Remington Model 11 and Savage Model 720 and 745. Nagant M1895: Revolver Russian Empire: 2,600,000 [83] 3,000,000+ [84] QBZ-95: Assault rifle China: 3,000,000 [85] Gewehr 1888: Bolt-action rifle ...
While Browning halted production of the Auto-5 design in 1999, Franchi still makes a long-recoil–operated shotgun line, the AL-48, which shares both the original Browning action design, and the "humpbacked" appearance of the original Auto-5. Other weapons based on the Browning system were the Remington Model 8 semi-automatic rifle (1906), the ...