I have this exact gun. My dad let me use it when I was 12 to Goose  hunt. When he went blind he gave all his guns to me. It’s one of my most cherished.

I mowed lawns and other odd jobs and in 1964, at the age of 10, I bought a used auto5 for 100 dollars. It's the only gun I have ever used and still do today. Other than an occasional barrel cleaning and wipe down, I do nothing to it. I have not taken it apart. I am hard on a gun. Didn't even have a case. Just tossed it anywhere. Waterfowl, pheasant, dove, quail, rabbit. Didn't malfunction ever except for not ejecting low base shells because I never adjusted the rings. What amazes everyone and myself, is how tight the pattern is and how far it will kill. The best example was when duck hunting in the mid 90s but I have lots of stories about it. Was in a duck blind with a friend next to me. Had a pretty good wind and singles and pairs of cinnamon teal were coming through very low and very fast, with the wind. They weren't working but just blasting in and out. I pulled up on a pair and managed to get a shot off at about 25 yards. Took out the lead bird and tried to swing on the other but it was gone. My partner didn't get a shot off. This was a last second hunt and we had no dogs. I got out and walked over to get it. When I picked it up, the head was completely gone and I never found it. When I picked it, there were no other holes anywhere on the bird. I regularly killed ducks and pheasants past 50 yards with standard waterfowl loads, no mags, 2 3/4 inch. I once caught a fox running through the yard with my rooster in it's mouth. I had been having problems like that so my gun was by the door, ready. I figured if i didn't shoot, my chicken is dead so if I hit it, so what. The fox came across from my right and I shot just at the mid section. The fox dropped the bird and died before he reached the gate. That rooster ran off and if he was hit, it never showed. The same thing happened the next year with the same rooster. This time the fox ran off dragging a leg. Both shots were about 30 yards. I still cannot believe I shot quail with it. Might as well been a 22 cal. That tiny pattern made me a good shot. My serial number is 20760. Best I can figure is it was made in 1925 and I still use only that gun, even shooting steel in it. I watched by buddies jamming and breaking their 1100s and they rarely got 10 years out of one before showing up with another. They had no respect for how good my gun really is. After a 100 years and almost 60 years of my abuse, it looks like hell. Shoots like new. It was a lot of gun for a 10 year old boy, but I grew into it. It is my most cherished possession and by the way it looks, I'd be lucky to get the 100 bucks back I payed for it. Sorry for the long wind and thanks for the video.

I really like how you keep bumping this fine gun around on that table.

When my father passed on two years ago he left me one of those. A Belgium made one from the 50'. :)

I have the 1958 light twelve,  grandpa left it to me, one of those things you would need to pry from my hands

The mag cut-off feature is also useful if you have newby you are training, and want to be sure he doesn't become so startled by the recoil that he starts panic pulling the trigger and sending pellets flying who-knows-where.  The feature gives you the option of turning the gun into a single-shot weapon.

I admired them from Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2, and my dad told me he had one from my great grandfather, and let me use it. I got my own but it wasn't a light 12, so I sold it to get money for my home. I finally got another of my own, this time a light 12, and it even came with a poly choke.

Own 3 of them and love them all.  Favorite shotgun hands down.

Great video on the venerable Auto 5 shotgun.
I picked up a Savage 745 version of the Auto 5 made in the forties,  but still in great condition.   When I shot is for the first time, it does have stout recoil,  but functioned flawlessly and was a hoot to shoot.
No question JMB was a genius gun designer, and business man.  He knew his invention was something no one had done and it would be successful!

I have the Belgium Light 20, I bought for my wife back in the early 70's/ had Briely tread the barrel of modern steel thin wall chokes. Taken a lot of Pheasant with it over the years.

Wicked deadly on flying objects.

i have that one in a twenty ga. that my grandfather gave me back in the late 60's i also have the 12 that i bought later on...both really great shotguns..one in priceless and the other i wouldn't take anything for

Came across a 58 in a pawnshop..... sweet.

I have my father in laws 1952 Auto-5.   It was the first gun he bought with his own money and he had it on lay-away at Sears and Roebucks for 3 months.  No telling how much game has fallen to that gun.  At some point he lent it to a friend and they tripped over a log and broke the buttstock.   It layed under his bed for decades.  I fitted one of the last available sets of Browning mfg'd walnut to it.  The only sets available were AAA figured walnut.  I have to say it has a stunning appearance with the plumb brown blueing, bright wear marks and bolt, and glossy checkered highly figured walnut.  Miss you, Papa.

Those mid 60's blonde walnut Auto-5s are some of the best.   In the 50's they used a reddish shade of walnut which looks great as well.

Well Done, I love the A5!

Very nice job explaining everything and showing close-ups of the gun, which is so rarely done very professionally done video

I enjoyed your review, thanks for leading me to Art’s Gun Shop!   It helped me date an A5!   Great Video!

I picked up a auto 5 a few weeks back after years of look for a good one in the uk. It’s an early 1920s model, in really nice condition, best bit it only cost me £150 super cool gun.

I love my 1956 model
Shoot it often!