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I've had a little experience with a few. Shot the heck outta one although I never really liked the darn things. Put a couple hundred thousand shells through one. Had to rebuild the sucker about every year...or year and a half. The ones I usually shot were Belgian..but the Jap guns are actually better. Better harder steel. Brownings are a pain to clean...at least completely but they do operate fairly well. .You will learn the best way to keep them. They need a bit of oil to operate..except in the really cold winter. If you have found some for the prices you quoted you ought to buy one. The Belgian guns bring more money but the Jap guns are the better buy. Especially if you are gonna buy one to shoot steel in..oh and try to find one with invector plus chokes. You will pay more but they are the best of the browning type bbls. Most places people think the A5's are pretty dear as far as prices. They only made around 3 or 4 million. Most are shooters...no matter what they think. Heck people are going crazy with gun prices. I saw a Savage 99(250-3000) Saturday that was in terrible condition. The darn badly pitted receiver had been PAINTED black the bore was ok and the stock needed another refinish and the darn thing went for 875 bucks. sheesh. People always ask more than the darn things are worth it seems