Browning Auto-5

The Browning Auto-5 was the first mass-produced semi-automatic shotgun. Designed by John Browning in 1898 and patented in 1900, it was serially produced from 1902 to 1998 (the last commemorative models were made by FN in 1999). It was originally manufactured by FN, but Browning also would later license the design to Remington, which produced it as their Model 11 (1905–1947). Savage Arms also licensed the design from Browning and produced it as their Model 720 (1930-1949), and Model 745 (1941-1949). Browning's long-recoil design itself served as the operating system for subsequent Remington Model 11-48, Savage (755, 775 models), Franchi AL-48, MTs 21 and several other shotguns.
Contrary to a common mistake, the name of the shotgun does not represent the year when its production was started (which was actually is 1902), but its capacity in the original configuration (4 rounds in the magazine, plus the 5th chambered).
In 2014 Browning Arms Company released the A5, a recoil-operated shotgun with external resemblance to the Auto 5, which is being manufactured in Belgium, assembled in Portugal.
==Specifications==
(1902 - 1999)
* Type: Shotgun
* Calibers: 12 gauge, 16 gauge, 20 gauge
* Weight: 9 lbs (4.1 kg)
* Length: 
* Barrel Length: 20" , 24" , 26" , 28" , 30" and 32" inches
* Capacity: 4+1-round tubular magazine, 8+1-round tubular magazine (police/military version); aftermarket extended tubes are also available, 2+1 round tubular magazine (Remington Model 11 "Sportsman")
* Fire Modes: Semi-Auto
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==Film==
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Date
Outpost in the Mountains (Zastava v gorakh)	 	 	Seen in office 	1953
Thunder Road 	Robert Mitchum 	Luke Doolin 	 	1958
The Hunting Rifle 	 	Seen in the weapon rack 	 	1961
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle 	 	 	In the gun cabinet 	1963
The Yellow One 	Lex Barker 	Kara Ben Nemsi 	 	1964
The Yellow One 	Ralf Wolter 	Hadschi Halef Omar 	 	1964
The Yellow One 	Friedrich von Ledebur 	Mübarek 	 	1964
Thunderball 	Sean Connery 	James Bond 	 	1967
Black Sun (Chyornoye solntse) 	 	Hunters 	 	1970
The Mechanic 	Jan-Michael Vincent 	Steve 	 	1972
Magnum Force 	 	A thug 	 	1973
Friday Foster 	Paul Benjamin 	Senator Hart 	 	1975
Capone 	Carmen Argenziano 	Jack "Machine Gun" McGurn 	 	1975
Judge Fayard Called the Sheriff 	 	Prison guard 	 	1977
Lone Wolf McQuade 	Chuck Norris 	J.J. McQuade 	"Whippit" model 	1983
The Cotton Club 	 	A thug 	 	1984
Silver Bullet 	 	 	gun shop display 	1985
Killer Crocodile 	Ennio Girolami 	Joe 	 	1989
Hard to Kill 	Charles Boswell 	Jack Axel 	 	1990
Killer Crocodile 2 	Ennio Girolami 	Joe 	 	1990
Killer Crocodile 2 	Richard Anthony Crenna	Kevin Jones 	 	1990
Killer Crocodile 2 	Debra Karr 	Liza 	 	1990
Killer Crocodile 2 	 	A thug 	 	1990
The Newton Boys 	Matthew McConaughey 	Willis Newton 	 	1997
The Newton Boys 	Vincent D'Onofrio 	Dock Newton 	 	1997
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 	 	deputies & prison guards 	riot-gun configuration 	2000
Public Enemies 	Jason Clarke 	John "Red" Hamilton; Tuscon policeman	Cut down stock and barrel, "whippit"-gun configuration	2009
The Highwaymen 	Kevin Costner 	Frank Hamer 	riot-gun pattern 	2019
== Television ==
Show Title / Episode 	Actor 	Character 	Note 	Air Date
The Three Stooges 	 	 	. 	1939
The Dukes of Hazzard 	James Best 	Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane	. 	1979-1983
Lock 'n Load With R. Lee Ermey	R. Lee Ermey 	Himself 	. 	2009
Boardwalk Empire 	Stephen Graham 	Al Capone 	Riot-gun 	2010-2014
Boardwalk Empire 	Jack Huston 	Richard Harrow 	"21"(02.01) 	2010-2014
The Walking Dead: Red Machete 	Uncredited 	Claimer 	Short barrel; "What We Become" (S1E04)	2018
Fallout - Season 1 	 	Filly's Resident 	Sawed-off; "The Target" (S1E02) 	2024
Fallout - Season 1 	Christopher Parker	Sheriff Rex 	Sawed-off; "The Trap" (S1E06) 	2024
==Video Game==
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| BloodRayne || "Breaning A5" || With Cutts Compensator|| ||2002
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|Battlefield 1942||"Shotgun"|| ||Secret Weapons of WWII expansion pack ||2003
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|Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault||"Model 11 Riot Gun"|| || ||2004
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| Team Fortress 2 || "Baby Face's Blaster" || With "mare's leg" stock, sawed-off barrel, drum magazine, and lever action instead of semi-auto || ||2007
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|Godfather II, The (VG)|| || || ||2009
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|Red Dead Redemption||"Semi-Automatic Shotgun"|| || ||2010
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|Deadfall Adventures||"FN Auto 5"|| short barreled military version || ||2013
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| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly || "Browning Auto-5" || || ||2014
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| The Order 1886 || "RA-5 Repeating Shotgun"|| || ||2015
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|Battlefield 1||"12g Automatic"|| Straight stock || ||2016
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| Hot Dogs, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades || "Auto-5" || || ||2016
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|Screaming Steel: 1914-1918|| "Auto-5" || || ||2018
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|Red Dead Redemption II||"Semi-Automatic Shotgun"|| || ||2018
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|Battlefield V||"12g Automatic"|| Straight stock || ||2018
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|Hunt: Showdown||"Crown & King Auto-5"|| ||Markings give an anachronistic manufacture date of 1891 || 2018
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| rowspan=2| Enlisted || "Browning auto 5" || || || rowspan=2|2021
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| "FN Browning auto 5"" || || 
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|Call of Duty: Vanguard || "Gracey Auto" ||w/ various attachments || ||2021
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| Battlefield 2042 || "12g Automatic" || ||Added in Update 3.1.2. || 2021
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| Cultic || "SASG" || With sawed-off stock and barrel; Upgradable with an extended tube magazine, packed shells, and an improved fire rate. || ||2022
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=See Also=
* Browning Arms Company - A list of all firearms manufactured by Browning.
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Category:Shotgun