You will have to call Browning and give them the serial number to find out. You can also go to the Browning web site and check the sn there.
This is a Sweet 16 made in 1956.
This is a 1961 Sweet 16
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This question can be answered once you provide a serial number to your sweet sixteen auto-5 shotgun.
This gun was made in 1960
This gun is a 16ga made in 1952. The serial number will not denote if it is a standard weight or a sweet 16. If a sweet sixteen (lightweight) it will have those words scrolled as the legend on the left side of the receiver.
The prefix of 2R was assigned to the Browning standard model 16 gauge auto-5 shotgun which was made in the year 1962.If you had a sweet sixteen model auto-5 shotgun,then the prefix to your serial number would have been 2S.Therefore you do not have a sweet-sixteen model Browning shotgun.
Browning.com has sn data under customer service.
With the serial number that you provided,you have a Browning sweet sixteen model auto-5 shotgun that was produced in the year 1957.
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With the serial number that you have given,your Browning auto-5 shotgun in 16 gauge was made in the year 1937.
Your serial number indicates that your Browning auto-5 16 gauge shotgun was made in the year 1948.