Germster said:
Anybody ever try that? Load the mag with light loads and work the bolt handle? Or does it stove pipe?
In 1979/80 I had my "A5 phase" and had a Light Twelve and a 12g Mag.
I tried the Mag for singles trap by using it this way. The gun worked like a low recoiling, straight pull single shot. The barrel/bolt would recoil back a bit but stay locked, I pulled the bolt back slowly and it would lock open with the shell hanging out of the port for easy pocketing.
I quit using it because I soon learned that I far prefered a dedicated trap gun with trap dimensions. At the time I had my 870TB trap for four years and was very used to it. Plus I had warranty "issues" with Browning with the Light Twelve and being younger, got P.O.'d and sold them rather than fighting to resolve it like I would now.
The gun functioned fine as a single shot.
Right now at our club there is a young guy with an A5 Mag about as old as he is. He is shooting it as a single shot with trap loads and enjoys shooting it, it works fine like that.