ORIGINAL: cayugad
My Dad once had a used Winchester pump shotgun with a hammer on it, but he sold/traded it. He said every time you pumped a new shell up in it, there was a 75% chance the gun would fire on its own. He took it to a gun smith and they told him to sell it... So he did. And bought a 12 gauge Browning Auto 5 Light Twelve semi automatic model Belgium Browning shotgun. I have that shotgun as well. And I know that thing is about 60 years old. I cut my teeth on that Browning and the ducks, geese, grouse and pheasants paid dearly to me .
Scary! I've never fired mine. I also inherited a side-by-side twelve of similar age and have fired that one with light loads.
Ironically I also inherited a Browning A5 when my grandfather died. I never developed the love for the A5 that some people have, but I value it because my grandfather really wanted me to have it.