Belgium · 2012–

Browning A5 Kinematic

Specifications

Maker: Browning
Type: Shotgun
Action: Semi-automatic
Era: Current (2000–)
Produced: 2012–
Magazine: 4 rounds

Chambered in

12 gauge
16 gauge
20 gauge

Stock

Polymer
Wood

What it is worth

Value unknown

No published price was found for this model. Rather than estimate one from a comparable gun, the compendium leaves it blank.

Chapter 01

Overview

Browning introduced the inertia-operated A5 in 2012, first in 12 gauge, bringing back a principle the Swede Carl Axel Theodor Sjögren had built into his Normal shotgun in 1903. Browning admits the new gun shares little with grandfather’s Auto-5 beyond the squared humpback that lengthens the sight line along the rib.

Chapter 02

How it works

The Kinematic Drive stores recoil energy and turns it into the movement that cycles the gun: a rotating bolt head locks into the barrel extension, a calibrated spring holds it shut through the shot, then releases the bolt rearward. The aluminium receiver is only a parts carrier — steel bolt, bolt head and barrel extension take the load — and Speed Load Plus sends the first shell from the magazine straight into the chamber.

Chapter 03

Variants

The 16-gauge Sweet Sixteen arrived in 2016 on its own scaled frame; American Rifleman’s 28-inch test gun weighed 5 lb 7 oz and patterned 66 per cent at 40 yards with a Modified choke. The 16-bore barrels take Invector DS chokes 72 mm long.

Chapter 04

In the field

Browning rates it reliable with any load, in any weather and dirt, and backs it with a 100,000-shot or seven-year guarantee. American Rifleman carried the Sweet Sixteen all day through grouse woods and pheasant fields with mild recoil, and in Sweden both its 12 and its 16 bore are allowed for every kind of shotgun hunting.

Sources

Written from: Gun Review: Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen Shotgun — American Rifleman, A5 — Browning International, Klassifikation av jaktvapen i Sverige — Wikipedia (sv) — read 2026-10-29

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