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Your browning auto-5 standard 16gauge shotgun was made by FN of belguim for browning in 1953.
Your browning 16ga was produced by browning in belguim in 1949.
No they were never made in St.Louis Missouri.
Your serial number indicates that your Browning auto-5 sweet sixteen model shotgun was made in Belgium by FN for Browning in the year 1961.
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This is a standard weight 16ga auto 5. It was made in 1962. The barrel should read: Browning Arms Company St. Louis Mo. & Montreal P.Q. If the barrel only reads St Louis and not Montreal, then the barrel is not original to the gun when it was sold.
You may not have a Browning shotgun;all browning 16 gauge shotguns were made in Belgium for browning from 1909-1976.afterword they were made by Mirouku of Japan from 1976 onward.You may have a shotgun that was made with a John M Browning patent,but made by another company.Please provide a more detailed description of your shotgun;and we might be able to identify what you have.
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Louis Browning goes by Lou.