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Joined: 18 Jun 2007 Posts: 1

I have an old browning auto that is chambered for 2 9/16 shells. My question is will the B&P 67mm shells work in this firearm?

I dont know. I also have an Auto 5 16 gauge. Serial #9561 made in 1910. These guns have 65mm chambers. 2 3/4" shells are 70mm. I use 2 1/2" RST shotshells. If the 67mm shells cycle then I would guess they work.

Member Joined: 09 Dec 2005 Posts: 989 Location: Las Vegas

Rifle: If Jeff Mulliken doesn't check in here soon, post your question on the "I love my Browning" board on ShotgunWorld. You will get the correct info from those A-5 lovers!

Matt

Member Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 781

I used to buy the new primed Fiocci 67mm hulls from Ballistic Products and load them to shoot in my 2 3/4" Auto-5's. So I tried using them in a 1923 65 mm chambered Auto-5. Sometimes they cycled, sometimes they did not. They tended to hang up in the loading port often enough to not be an acceptable alternative for me.

There is a substantial difference in the fired lengths of different brands of shells made for the same length chamber, so the BP might work, all it costs to try it is a box of shells. Just don't do the testing on the hunting trip of a lifetime Wink

The best short 16 ga commercial shell I have shot is the 2 1/2" RST shell. They are nice shells and the hulls reload beautifully. If you buy them, save your hulls and offer them for sale to recover part of your cost.

Jeff

Joined: 06 Apr 2007 Posts: 50

I recently shot trap with an A5, 16ga and the factory (Federal) loads worked find but the Chedite and BP hulls failed to extract about half the time.

I could mannually get the hull to extract if I worked the action by hand (almost every time) but the extractor would not grab and extract the hulls under firing conditions.

I can not say this is universal. It may be the fault of the gun I was using but the gun worked without fail with the Federal, off the shelf shells.