User Guide
SHOTGUN IS UNLOADED. ALWAYS INSPECT
THE CHAMBER, CARRIER AND MAGAZINE
TUBE TO BE SURE THEY CONTAIN NO
CARTRIDGES. THEN, REMEMBER TO
ALWAYS TREAT ANY GUN AS IF IT WAS
LOADED. AL WA YS HANDLE YOUR SHOT-
GUN WITH CAUTION.
Operation of the Magazine Cut-off
The magazine cut-off is located at the front end
of the left side of the receiver (See Figure 12).
This cut-off has the purpose of locking the
shells in the magazine so that they will not feed
into the chamber. This permits you quickly to
change the load in the chamber of the gun with-
out going to the trouble of unloading the whole
magazine. In this way a duck load can quickly
be taken out and a goose load inserted, if the
need arises.
To operate the magazine cut-off, merely pull the
cut-off lever back (See Figure 13). This will lock
the shells in the magazine. Push the cut-off lever
forward when you desire to release the shells in
the magazine so that they will feed automati-
cally as the gun is fired.
With the magazine cut-off in operation, the
chamber empty, and the breech bolt locked in
the rearward position, a shell may be instantly
delivered from the magazine to the chamber by
merely pushing the magazine cut-off forward.
lnvector Interchangeable Choke System
All current Auto-5 shotguns have barrels that are
threaded to accept the Browning Invector-Plus
Interchangeable Choke System. You may con-
firm this by glancing on the right side of your
barrel where the specifications are inscribed,
and where the choke markings are normally lo-
cated. All older Auto-5 models and the Auto-5
Buck Special are conventionally choked. The
word, INVECTOR denotes that the barrel is
threaded. The degree of choke tube is indicated
twice on each choke tube: Inscribed on the side
of the tube, and indicated with a “notch” code
on the top rim of the tube. Invector Choke
Tubes are made with tempered steel and are
fully compatible with all
FACTORY AMMUNI-
TION
(loaded in compliance with SAAMI specifi-
cations) including magnum lead and steel shot
loads and rifled slug loads.
DO NOT FIRE THIS SHOTGUN WITHOUT HAVING
AN INVECTOR CHOKE TUBE INSTALLED.
Permanent damage may result to the threads,
DO NOT USE BROWNING INVECTOR CHOKE
TUBES IN ANY SHOTGUN BARRELS NOT
SUPPLIED BY BROWNING. ALSO, DO NOT USE
ANY OTHER CHOKING DEVICE IN ANY SHOT-
GUN BARRELS SUPPLIED BY BROWNING. USE
ONLY CHOKE TUBES MARKED INVECTOR.
CAUTION: WHENEVER HANDLING ANY
SHOTGUN FOR THE PURPOSE OF REMOVING
OR INSTALLING A CHOKING DEVICE, MAKE
ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THE GUN IS FULLY