Browning makes an A5 today which resembles the humpback profile of the original Auto 5. It is not the same gun as Browning’s long recoil model. It’s an inertia-operated gun modeled after the ...

One shotgun on this list — the Browning A5 — shares a name with what is widely considered to be the first commercially successful autoloading shotgun. Between its introduction in 1902 ...

The Browning A5 20-Gauge is a semi-automatic shotgun that is built with a small frame and an Inflex II recoil pad. The gun has a gloss-finished Turkish walnut stock with vertical grips along with a ...

"This thing really hammers the ducks,” wrote an NRA member in one of our first “Favorite Firearms” columns about the Browning ... of the gun under recoil. The 20-ga. A5 Hunter’s hammer ...

When Browning introduced the 12-gauge A5 a dozen or so years ago ... The butt has Browning’s excellent Inflex 2 recoil pad—which comes in handy on a featherlight inertia gun—and the barrel ...

The checkering pattern on the Browning A5 forend. Photo by Natalie Krebs Both Snow and I ... I think that was the result of the gun fitting me well and the cushy Inflex II recoil pad. Because of its ...

I dislike the Duratouch, but not with the depth of contempt that appears on Browning message boards. The stock has an adjustable comb and features an advanced design recoil pad that employs the ...

Browning has introduced the long-awaited A5 Hunter 20-gauge ... with virtually all 20-gauge field loads requiring no adjustment. An Inflex II recoil pad absorbs kick nicely during extended days in the ...

The A5 also features Browning’s Inflex recoil pad with a no-stick insert in the top and a series of baffles inside designed to direct recoil away from your face. The trigger broke at 6.9 pounds ...

Recoil was a non-factor in the A5, surprising since it’s a sub-7-pound inertia-driven semi-auto. The Inflex Recoil pad made shooting the gun more than tolerable. Speed loading was invented by John ...

The solution is a recoil pad, which absorbs much of the impact. We’ve been checking out the latest models, and we’ve chosen a few favorites. Top pick is the LimbSaver Airtech Recoil Pad.