Originally Posted by
Lost River
That is an old Rhodesian A5.
They were used in the war in Africa by the Rhodesian Army. There are some articles online about them. Pretty cool guns.
That 3 gunner was/is Pat Kelly.
He sold the above Auto 5 to me. I ended up taking it to the SOF world 3 gun in 2000.
He was also right, at least at the time. I have no idea today, but some of us ran drill with various shotguns on timers. The A5 was insanely fast. The big downside was heavy recoil. The best time for me, when excluding reaction time was 5 rounds in .6 seconds. I have never been able to repeat it, but it at least proved the mechanical ability of the gun. There were and are guys who are way faster than I am.
Pat Kelly and Jim Wall (from Milt Sparks) could pull amazing times with their A5s.