Browning Semi-Automatic Five Shotgun (A-5)

Automatic Five (A-5)
Year
Code
Notes
1954 H Standard Weight
  L Light Weight
     
1956 M Standard Weight
  G Light Weight
     
1958 M Standard Weight
  G Light Weight
  V 12 Gauge Magnum
  S Sweet Sixteen
  Z Light 20 Gauge
  X 20 Gauge
  X 20 Gauge Magnum
     
1969 1501 Magnum 12 Gauge
  2101 Light 12 Gauge
  2201 Sweet 16
  1601 Magnum 20 Gauge
  2301 Light 20 Gauge
     
1975 151 Magnum 12 Gauge
  211 Light 12 Gauge
  221 Sweet 16
  161 Magnum 20
  231 Light 20 

Automatic Five (A-5)
Year
Start
End
1924
3000
18000
1925
18001
33000
1926
33001
48000
1927
48001
63000
1928
63001
78000
1929
78001
93000
1930
93001
108000
1931
108001
123000
1932
123001
138000
1933
138001
153000
1934
153001
168000
1935
168001
183000
1936
183001
198000
1937
198001
213000
1938
213001
228000
1939
228001
229000
1940-1946
WWII no commercial F.N. production
1946-1951
Approximately 45,000 shotguns produced by Remington in the U.S.
1946
229000
237000
1947
237001
249000
1948
249001
270000
1949
270001
285000
1950
285001
315000
1951
315001
346000
1952
F.N. A-5 Production resumes
1952
346001
387000
1953
387001
438000
1954

H = Standard Wgt.
L = Lightweight

1954 & 55
H39000
H83000
L42000
L83000
1956
M = Standard Wgt.
G = Lightweight
1956
H83000
H99000
G1
G23000
1957
M22000
M85000
G23000
G85000
1958
G85001
G99000
8G1
8G28000
1958 -
See Post 1958 Dating System.
1961 - 1974
2,000,000 to 2,002,500
Two Millionth
A-5 Commemoratives