[Tijeras_Slim]

I’ll go shoot a round of trap with my 16 gauge Browning A-5 shotgun that was one of the last 200 made before the Germans captured the FN plant in Belgium in 1914.

Like the 1911, the A-5 is timeless.

[yarddog]

When my Father’s outfit passed through Liege, he said the FN factory was already taking orders from the GIs.

He said they had not yet got back into production but guaranteed they would ship the guns directly to their home address in the U.S.

I can’t recall if he said the FN plant had been destroyed but I do remember him saying Liege and presumably Herstal, was badly damaged.

[elkfersupper]

I actually have one of those and hunted quail, pheasant and dove with it until I realized what I had (Sweet 16).

I may go shoot that myself. I still have the better part of a case of ammunition.

The firearm was given to my father by his boss to commemorate the birth of my sister in 1957.

I probably ran 10,000 rounds through it and I am positive it will perform right now.