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The Sweet 16 is the lightweight version of the Browning Auto-5 16 guage shotgun. Browning designers started to work with Fabrique Nationale (FN) in the early thirties to reduce weight in the A5. The result was a lighter weight gun by reducing weight in the barrel, receiver, and buttstock. The first samples were made in 1936 and production soon began. Browning introduced the new Sweet 16 in 1937 giving an availability date to the public in May of 1937. The 12 guage did not get the same changes until 1947 when the introduced the "Light Twelve".

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