Unlike the Remington Model 11, the Remington-produced Browning shotguns had magazine cutoffs. The Auto-5 was produced by Remington alongside the Model 11 until FN could resume making the gun after the war. Production of the Auto-5 in Belgium continued until the start of World War II, when Browning moved production to Remington Arms in the United States. Browning's long- recoil operated design itself served as the operating system for subsequent Remington ( 11-48), Savage (755, 775) and Franchi ( AL-48) models. Savage Arms also licensed the design from Browning and produced it as their model 720 from 1930 to 1949, and their model 745 with an alloy receiver and two-shot magazine from 1941 to 1949. The Remington Model 11 was the first auto-loading shotgun made in the United States. Browning would later license the design to Remington, which produced it as their Model 11 (1905–1947). It was manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal (FN) of Belgium, a company that had already produced Browning-designed pistols, starting in 1902. This forced Browning to look overseas to produce the shotgun.

However, the president of Remington died of a heart attack as Browning waited to offer them the gun.

When Winchester refused his terms, Browning went to Remington. John Browning presented his design (which he called his best achievement) to Winchester, where he had sold most of his previous designs. Remington Arms and Savage Arms sold variants called the Remington Model 11 and Savage Model 720 that were nearly identical but lacked the magazine cutoff found on the Browning. The name of the shotgun designates that it is an autoloader with a capacity of five rounds, four in the magazine and one in the chamber. It was the first successful semi-automatic shotgun design, and remained in production until 1998.

The Browning Automatic 5, most often Auto-5 or simply A-5, is a recoil-operated semi-automatic shotgun designed by John Browning and manufactured by Fabrique Nationale de Herstal. Two or four round tubular magazine, plus 1 in the chamber Remington Model 11, Savage Model 720 and Model 745

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