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[QUOTE=dovehunter;332126]Regarding the A-5s it wasn't the shooter as I did not reload at that time and shot only factory shells. With all due respect I took both those guns to gunsmiths that probably know more about it than you and none of them could correct the problem.

With all due respect.to you..But sometimes you open mouth and insert foot. Fixing guns was one of the ways I made my living. And Auto 5's were one of the guns I had to deal with most of the time. I lived in a waterfowl hunting area(Maryland goose hunting)..Some salt spray etc..but that isn't what made them or 1100s foul up. I could and did make A-5s and Rem 11's work. Had to. I made money with mine. I shot more than a 1/4 million shells through a few. That is more dealing with A5s than the average gunsmith. I also cleaned guns and I always charged more for A5s than others. Compared to say an 1100 it was a real PITA to strip down all the way, clean and reassemble. The easiest was the ol 870 pumps..

1100s are very forgiving about how a shooter holds 'em. A-5s are not. A5s are very forgiving with the ammo used as long as the recoil rings are correct. You can't limp wrist 'em like some do semi auto handguns. I shot with an old All American team skeet shooter who used 1100's. He never put the gun to his shoulder and was a spot shooter. Was shooting with him on his 81st birthday when he ran another 100. He at one time used 11-48s and told me he couldn't shoot like that with them.. course they were nothing but a modernized A5 for all intents and purposes.