Task: Explanation
Input (English): The Browning Automatic 5, most often Auto-5 or simply A-5, is a recoil-operated semi-automatic shotgun designed by John Browning. It was the first successful semi-automatic shotgun design, and remained in production until 1998. The name of the shotgun designates that it is an autoloader with a capacity of five rounds, four in the magazine and one in the chamber. Remington Arms sold a variant called the Remington Model 11 that was nearly identical but lacked the magazine cutoff found on the Browning. Question: The Winchester Model 1911 SL Shotgun competed against a shotgun that remained in production until when? Answer: 1998
Output (English):  It was the first successful semiautomatic shotgun design, and remained in production until 1998.