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Turkey Guns & Shooting => Vintage Turkey Guns => Topic started by: backforty on January 30, 2025, 10:03:26 AM

Title: 1948 browning auto 5 12 gauge
Post by: backforty on January 30, 2025, 10:03:26 AM
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Picked this up recently and plan on taking at least one bird with it. Was wondering if anybody had one and had some shell recommendations to start with?


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Title: Re: 1948 browning auto 5 12 gauge
Post by: waymoe1 on January 30, 2025, 10:10:08 AM
If it were mine I'd start with a 2.75 high brass #5
Title: Re: 1948 browning auto 5 12 gauge
Post by: crow on February 07, 2025, 02:37:02 PM
I'd also try #6s and see which pattern better in your gun.




Title: Re: 1948 browning auto 5 12 gauge
Post by: Will on February 13, 2025, 08:31:56 PM
Nice pick up
Title: Re: 1948 browning auto 5 12 gauge
Post by: austinc on February 17, 2025, 10:56:03 PM
My dad inherited his father's 1953 light 12, last year I took it and a box call from my mom's dad and killed a Gobbler with it. I found a guy on here selling some 2 3/4" federal heavyweight #7s, they shot phenomenal!  I killed that Gobbler and a big hog with them.  I struck the Gobbler with the box call and ended up finishing him with a crystal call I built myself. Screenshot_20250217_215249_Gallery.jpgScreenshot_20250217_215335_Gallery.jpg
Title: Re: 1948 browning auto 5 12 gauge
Post by: crow on February 18, 2025, 01:57:00 PM
Nice looking pics, gun and pot call.

What was the yardage on the hog
Title: Re: 1948 browning auto 5 12 gauge
Post by: paboxcall on February 18, 2025, 02:00:24 PM
I called in three long beards for one of the old timers in our camp. Only two gobblers left. He was using that exact gun, and I remember him shoving #4 paper hull shells into it. Worked just fine at 20 steps.

Nice gun! Good luck with it.
Title: Re: 1948 browning auto 5 12 gauge
Post by: austinc on February 18, 2025, 03:17:33 PM
Quote from: crow on February 18, 2025, 01:57:00 PMNice looking pics, gun and pot call.

What was the yardage on the hog
16-17 yards
Title: Re: 1948 browning auto 5 12 gauge
Post by: Gobbler428 on February 18, 2025, 03:56:10 PM
Nice gun, congratulations on both the longbeard and the hog.
Title: Re: 1948 browning auto 5 12 gauge
Post by: crow on February 18, 2025, 08:03:47 PM
Quote from: austinc on February 18, 2025, 03:17:33 PM
Quote from: crow on February 18, 2025, 01:57:00 PMNice looking pics, gun and pot call.

What was the yardage on the hog
16-17 yards
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Nice, "guess who" on here shot one the other year with tss 9's, about equal to fed hvwt 7's
Title: Re: 1948 browning auto 5 12 gauge
Post by: backforty on February 21, 2025, 01:41:30 AM
Quote from: austinc on February 17, 2025, 10:56:03 PMMy dad inherited his father's 1953 light 12, last year I took it and a box call from my mom's dad and killed a Gobbler with it. I found a guy on here selling some 2 3/4" federal heavyweight #7s, they shot phenomenal!  I killed that Gobbler and a big hog with them.  I struck the Gobbler with the box call and ended up finishing him with a crystal call I built myself. Screenshot_20250217_215249_Gallery.jpgScreenshot_20250217_215335_Gallery.jpg
thanks for the reminder. I have two boxes of those squirreled away that I forgot about.
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