According to the Browning website for Auto-5, "Beginning with Serial Number 1 to approximately 228,000. Exact production figures are not available. Year of manufacture on Pre-World War II production is strictly a guess." Here's the website for the Auto-5 http://www.browning.com/services/dategun/detail.asp?id=13 Here's the website for all Browning guns age: http://www.browning.com/services/dategun/index.asp
1987
The 72S suffix to your serial number indicates that your Browning superposed shotgun was manufactured in the year 1972,by FN of Belguim for Browning.
A browning auto-5 shotgun with the serial number you provided,was made by FN of belguim for browning in 1914.
It was made in 1947
If your browning shotgun is a auto-5 in 16ga. then it was made in 1929.
What model is this for? The serial number is not a Auto-5 number of Browning Arms Co. What model is this for?
Browning's web site has a sn search function.
Browning's web site has a sn search function.
Your browning sweet sixteen shotgun was made by FN of belguim for browning in 1961.
1979
1969
No way to answer without knowing the model.