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The letter number combination of 5S indicates that your Browning sweet sixteen was produced in the year 1965.
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You will need to include the letter or number and letter prefix to your serial number in this question to get a date of manufacture for your browning light weight 12 gauge shotgun.
Call Browning and ask for a historical letter.
For a nominal fee, Browning will provide a historical letter.
The 2 letter code PN found in your serial number indicate that your Browning was made in the year 1989.
Only way to know is to call Browning and request a history letter.
The letter L followed by the last 2 numbers indicate that your Browning was made in 1970.
if your browning 16 ga. has no letter prefix then it was made in 1929.
Could you look and see if there is a prefix letter,or a number letter combination prefix to your serial number?this would aid greatly in establishing the year of manufacture of you browning sweet-sixteen.
Your serial number letter prefix of the letter X was used from 1947-1953 on all Browning auto-5 shotguns chambered in 16ga.Your serial number dates to the year 1953.
1959 was the year it was made