If the serial number records archived at Browning indicate the non-engraved guns are a Sweet Sixteen, Glen Jensen would issue a letter on Browning letterhead with an official seal for a fee authenticating the gun as a “Sweet Sixteen.” Since Glen Jensen's retirement in 2014, the Browning Customer Service department continues to provide research on individual guns and if records exist will issue a letter documenting requested information. Browning A5 Wicked Wing Sweet 16-Gauge Shotgun: Waterfowl Wednesday gear. Serial number is blocked out but is 6 digits. Most early Browning serial numbers contained no date or model information and. He acknowledged the lightweight A5 16 gauge guns produced between 19 are in fact Sweet Sixteen and identified as such in the factory issued catalogues. Anyway how do we identify a Belgium Browning in the future if its not written in the barrel in English.

Prior to 1948 no sweet 16 was factory engraved “Sweet Sixteen.” Glen Jensen, Browning Historian took the position with me that the true “Sweet Sixteen” was born when the receiver was engraved “Sweet Sixteen” in 1948.

1947 – 1953 “X Prefix Series” 1947: X1001 - X: X13667 - X: X23502 – X: X34601 – X: X43701 – X: X59401 - X: X77701 – X Introduction of the “Sweet Sixteen” in script engraved on the receiver. If you own one of these guns and it has a letter in the serial number, your gun would have been made after 1953 and the letter is a code that represents G Lightweight, M Standard Weight, V 12 Gauge Magnum, S Sweet Sixteen and X 20 Gauge. Getting one of these extremely rare original factory issued guns at a standard gun price is a trophy in itself.

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