The first Browning Automatic Shotgun patent was filed for on May 6, 1899, but not granted until June 16 1903. This was the first patent filed, but the last of four patents to be granted that had to do with the final configuration of what we know as the A5. auto5man
It will be marked "Made in Belgium"
Which guage is it? According to The Browning date guide your A-5 was made in 1924. This can be confirmed by visiting: http://proofhouse.com/browning/index.html
Go to Browning.com. Under customer service you can find a manual to view/download.
50-250 usd
Need to know the guage. Also, be sure there is no letter or number above the 88197.
The Stamp on the guns.
$3200-$3800 if mint unfired.
Better to contact Browning at browning.com
1832.Samuel Colt first attempted to patent a revolver in the US in 1832. UK Patent #6909 was his first successful revolver patent: it was issued in 1835.1836Samuel Colt's first U. S. patent was patent No. 1304, dated August 29, 1836. This patent protected the basic design of his revolving-breech loading, folding trigger firearm named the Paterson pistol. Previous to his American patent he had been awarded a patent in England (1935) for the same design.1836Samuel Colt invented the first revolver, a gun named after its inventor "Colt", and after its revolving cylinder "revolver". In 1836, Samuel Colt was granted a U.S. patent for the Colt revolver, which was equipped with a revolving cylinder containing five or six bullets and an innovative cocking device.
I cannot find the answer on the Browning site. All the serial numbvers there have SIX digits. My cal. 16 has five numbers too. Serial numbers X58301-X74000 were manufactured in 1952.
Go to Browning.com, select customer service, look for a manual.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning had 11 siblings: six brothers and five sisters.