RE: Was cleaning my dad's firearms for him yesterday and made a discovery
 

Plain and simple Don ............ That is a beautiful piece of craftsmanship -and a keeper.

RE: Was cleaning my dad's firearms for him yesterday and made a discovery
 

I'm a big fan of Belgium made Browning firearms, and I too own a few A-5's in 20, 16 & 12ga, even an old Remington model 11 (same as the A-5) in 16ga.

Congrats on the find, sounds like your dad is ok with you taking herout of retirement.I hope you have many years of service with it.

RE: Was cleaning my dad's firearms for him yesterday and made a discovery
 

A-5's are some sweet shooters, I own a belgian 12ga (1954) and my dad has two belgian A-5 lights (gold trigger)(circa 1950's). We use them for just about everything. Come to think of it I'll be using mine first day of dove season. Gotta love my brownings.