87 yrs old
Check and see if your serial number prefix is 8S,not Ss.If that is the case,then your Browning sweet sixteen model auto-5 shotgun was made in the year 1968.Browning has never used the prefix of Ss on it,s shotguns.
By the serial number on the bottom of the receiver. Sometimes the serail will include a letter above the number or a letter/number combo above the number.
Impossible to answer without a detailed description of all markings, serail number, finish, condition, box, papers, accessories, etc..
Your browning sweet sixteen was made by browning in 1949.
Your browning sweet sixteen was made by browning in 1964.
Your browning sweet sixteen was made by browning in 1953.
With the serial number you provided,your browning sweet sixteen was made by FN of belguim for browning in 1955.
With the serial number that you have supplied,your Browning Sweet sixteen was made in Belgium for Browning in the year 1956.
Your browning sweet sixteen was made by FN of belguim for browning in 1951.
your browning sweet sixteen was made in 1953.
Your browning sweet-sixteen was made in 1954.
Your Browning sweet sixteen was made by FN of belguim for Browning in the year 1955 with the serial number that you provided.