30 inches. A longer barrel gives you better accuracy.
NO! The 1187 barrel was for remington shotguns,the auto-5 shotgun is a browning shotgun.
The Auto 5 is. No, the Auto 5 is not. It's blow back operated. (the barrel moves).
Revelation was a brand sold by Western Auto stores and made by various manufacturers.
16 inches, as required by the NFA.
Have a Model M-846 (Montgomery Ward) semi auto with 18 inch barrel.
Should be marked on the barrel
Please dont shoot slugs through a 32" barrel A5. That is undoubtedly a full choke and shooting slugs through it can damage that barrel, which by itself is worth $300. Slug barrels are typically 24" in length with an Improved Cylinder choke.
It depends on what you want to do. If you want to hunt, like duck, I would recommend a semi-auto shotgun chamberling at least 3 shells. If you want to shoot fast and accurately, like quail hunting or skeet shooting, I would recommend a single trigger "over and under" shotgun.(I think this is the best shotgun) But I would not recommend a double-barrel shotgun because of the barrel positions for any of these topics. If you just want to collect shotguns just get engraved and in good condition shotguns. (That's what I would recommend)
No, not neccesarily. Some American made auto 5 shotguns say on the barrel: "Browning Arms Co. St. Louis Mo." Nowhere will it say made in Belgium if this is the case. If the barrel is correct to the receiver and the barrel says made in Belgium, then it is.
I am pretty certain all A-5's were made in Belgium.Your 75Z prefix to the serial number indicates that your Browning auto-5 shotgun was chambered as a 20ga auto-5 made in the year 1975.All Browning auto-5 shotguns were produced by Miroku of Japan starting in the year 1976.So I can say that your Browning auto-5 shotgun was one of the last made shotguns by FN of Herstall,Belguim for Browning.
1965 if it is an auto-5. There should be markings on barrel to indicate choke.
1200,1300,1400,1500