General Specs: Browning, Year 1972, 12 Gauge, 7lbs. 7oz., Choked IC, LOP 14 1/2", DAH 2 1/2", DAC 1 1/2"
Serial Number: 72G 93212
This Browning Auto 5 Light, sn72G 93212, was manufactured in Belgium in 1972, post salt years, and chambers 12ga shells, with the capability to fire slug rounds. Also known as the Browning “Light Twelve”, this semi-automatic shotgun is one of the most Iconic shotguns ever designed. With its signature humpback receiver design, the Browning’s Auto-5 is instantly recognizable and with more than 2.7 million made, it is a common sight both in the wild and the more manicured lawns of Skeet fields! The 23 ¾” barrel features an improved cylinder choke, 98% factory bluing, mirror bore, front blade, and rear adjustable rifle sight. The receiver has clear engraving on each side and 95% factory bluing with light handling around the natural carry point. The stock and forend have clear checkering and original factory finish, there are some light handling marks. The classic Belgian auto shotgun. Thanks for looking!
Barrels
Barrel Length: 23 3/4"
Chokes: 0.011 IC
Bores: mirror
Bore Diameter: 0.731
Wall Thickness: 0.042
% Blue: 98% factory
Chambers: 2 3/4"
Sights: Front blade, Rear Adjustable rifle sight
Action
Action: semi-auto
Extractors
Receiver Condition: 95% factory
Screws: perfect
Engraving: light scroll, clear clean
Trigger Type: single- crisp
Trigger Guard Color: 99%, factory blue
Stock
Type: square knob/long tang, plain straight grain walnut
LOP: 14 1/2"
LOP To End Of Wood: 14 3/16"
DAH: 2 1/2"
DAC: 1 1/2"
Cast: 1/8" off
Checkering Condition: excellent with some handling marks
Butt Treatment: browning buttplate
INQUIRIES
There is a 30 day mechanical warranty on long guns. If it is a “VFI Certified” gun there is a 90 day mechanical warranty. Call or email us for more details or questions. Thanks! Vintage Firearms Inc
Other
Terms of Purchase: Check your local and state laws before purchasing. It is the buyer’s responsibility to confirm his/her right to own the firearm or any item before purchasing.
PLEASE SEE OUR OTHER FINE VINTAGE FIREARMS. View all listings and our full inventory of fine sporting and collectible arms will appear. Thanks for looking! We employ full time gunsmiths on premises and can perform alterations to suit your needs within a few weeks of purchase. Common requests are: -stock bending to suit your particular requirements -addition of any specified butt pad to increase length of pull -alteration of chokes to suit your shooting preferences -lengthening of chambers and forcing cones -darkening stock color with penetrating stains -restoring any part of the gun including rust blue, charcoal blue, bone and charcoal case color, wood restoration and checkering recuts. If you like one our guns but it needs “tweaked”, let us know and we can quote you a time and price. Some enthusiasts like the guns “as found” and others want them “just so”. We often list guns as found and let the particular buyer choose how they want their gun to fit or look.
