If you do not have a manual from the maufacturer, don't attempt to break it down. Contact the maker or see if they have a website. Many makers have manuals available for download or will mail one for free. You could always find a gunsmith and ask for help. Regardless, if you don't know what you're doing, you could cause damage.
Yes, send me your email & I'll forward a scan of the original take-down manual.
because you dont have the opption of down shifting to slow you down
as your looking down the gun, the gauge should be stamped on the left barrel back by the stock.
Seek the services of a good gunsmith
The value of any fine made firearm is based on condition,condition,condition.If your early made Browning auto-5 shotgun is showing 60%or better in original finish on the wood and metal.The value will be between 450-600 dollars.Values will drop as the condition of your shotgun goes down accordingly.
498.00 US from the factory, then down in price as they change hands.
Shoot it about 2000 times without cleaning it. It will break down!!
The largest EVER made was a 2 gauge. It holds a 2 pound metal ball, if I remember correctly. According the gauge index, a 2 gauge shotgun would hold two half pound balls since the diameter of the shotgun tube determines the gauge, the number of balls to equal a pound going down the barrel in this case would only be two to make a pound. Whereas in a 12 gauge, it takes twelve lead balls of the barrel size to make a pound. A two pound meal ball going down the tube would make for a .5 gauge.
The knock down power of a 12 gauge shotgun depends on the ammo used. Using bird shot it had low knockdown power, however using double or triple ought buck packs quite a lot more. A slug would have even more knockdown power.
Only if you want to slow down or stop, or remain stopped.
Press the parking brake down one click. Unfortunately, this will probably cause your brake warning light to come on.
I have a double barrel 12 gauge Paris Sport, handed down from my father.