glad to hear this, always been a browning fan, yes mine was one of the early gold's, made several trips to the gunsmith, but like i said the guy i sold it to loves it, and i would never part with my auto 5, and by the way my wife surprized me with the benelli, she got all the info from a good friend and went and got it, so far no problems. one other thing that i like about both my a5 and the benelli is mech operation, the gas operated guns i have owned, two other brands have given me trouble. also owned a rem 742, i just didn't know any better. so now everthing i've got is a bolt, pump, mech autos, or single shots, seem like a lot less trouble that way.