The Most Historically Significant Gun in the Shop
This video highlights the Browning Auto-5 as a historically significant firearm. It details its status as the first mass-produced autoloading shotgun, patented by John Browning around 1900 and entering production in the early 1900s. The Auto-5 utilized a long recoil operating system where the barrel and bolt moved together, a design that remained in production for nearly a century and was used in World War I.










