your browning shotgun which was made in 1938 is currently valued in the range of 375-575 dollars depending on the overall condition of your shotgun and a good bore.These price,s reflect that you have a browning auto-5 shotgun.
Your browning 16ga shotgun was made by FN of belguim for browning in 1938.
Browning can tell you how it left the factory, and the gun can be dated by serial number.
A few hundred to a few thousand depending on if the engraving is factory.
This gun was made in 1959 in Herstal Belgium. In 1959, Browning opened a service center in Canada and started engraving their barrels a St. Louis and Montreal. This Barrel marking remained from 1959 to 1969. Browning Shotguns were never made in Canada.
This gun was made in 1938. If engraving is of hunting scenes, then it is a grade 3. Otherwise you have a grade 1 with scroll engraving. Value is too vast to quote without inspecting. Take it to a gun shop for appraisal. auto5man
Question can't be answered without serial number. You will also have to find out if the engraving is factory or after market. Browning offers a historical letter service on their web site.
Is it a bolt, pump or semi-auto? What are the markings on it? Serial number? Are you saying the only engraving is around the trigger? None on the receiver? Without knowing these answers, you might be in a 200-2000 price range.
Blue Book of Gun Values; Browning website under customer service
Sorry to say, this is not a Sweet 16. A Sweet 16 is a lightweight 16ga made in Belgium and later in Japan. Not all Auto 5 sixteens were lightweight. Many were the standard weight model. What you have is called an American Browning. These guns were manufactured by Remington in the US (New York) for Browning after Belgium was overun by the Germans in WWII. The guns were made using Remingtons model 11 equipment. A few modifications were made to incorporate more of the Browning features and were all stamped Browning Arms Co. St. Louis Mo. Your 16ga gun sn: A5321 was made and shipped to Browning in 1940. It has the first style engraving pattern, and was one of the first of the American guns made in 16ga. All American made models started at serial number 5000, so you're gun is the 321st gun made by Remington. Congrats on a low serial number.
$200 up to $1000 depending on condition. This is an "American Browning" made by Remington for Browning. Your serial number is not correct. This serial number is on the left side of the frame and should be above the number C-5000
Sounds like you have an American made Browning. These were made by Remington under contract for Browning from 1940-49 If this is correct, the serial number is on the left side of the receiver. It is not however a sweet 16, but a standard weight American Auto5. this serial number represents a gun made in 1945. auto5man
serial number is incomplete. add the letter above or preceding 20023