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discusdad
Belgium made, suicide safety. on the bottom of the barrel about the chamber area is 168xxx. on left side of barrel looks like ok 7? 732 then a sideways 8. it is a 2-3/4 chamber. there is anopther number stamped on the forearm ring brazed to the barrel, x29450.this is also on the receiver.....thanks
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  • rufe-snow
    Below in red, is info from Browning web site.




    "1903-1939 First 10,000 shipped to U.S. Marked with "BROWNING AUTOMATIC ARMS CO. OGDEN UTAH-U.S.A." Very few serial number records remain. Beginning with Serial Number 1 to approximately 228,000. Exact production figures are not available. Year of manufacture on Pre-World War II production is strictly a guess."
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  • Grasshopper
    Don't think that would be a sweet 16, just a standard?
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  • Bert H.
    The serial number on your Auto-5 is X29450, which identifies it as a 1949 production Sweet Sixteen. Production of the Sweet Sixteen began in 1937.

    The information quoted by rufe-snow on the Browning website is not accurate, as a substantial number of the production records do exist in Belgium. Those records were extensively researched and studied by two fellows who then wrote what I refer to as the "bible" for Auto-5 collectors.

    Browning Auto-5 Shotguns, The Belgian FN Production - Revised, Second Edition Hardcover - 2010
    by Jr. H.M. Shirley(Author), Anthony Vanderlinden(Author)
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  • Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by Grasshopper
    Don't think that would be a sweet 16, just a standard?


    It actually is a Sweet Sixteen.
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  • discusdad
    left side of the receiver says SWEET SIXTEEN, so i would guess its a sweet sixteen
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  • Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by discusdad
    left side of the receiver says SWEET SIXTEEN, so i would guess its a sweet sixteen


    No guesswork needed! As I previously mentioned, it is a 1949 production Sweet Sixteen. What I forgot to mention, is that it should not have a "suicide" (pre-WW II) safety.
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  • discusdad
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    006_zpsoljqaqzf.jpg got pictures up now just to verify what i have.. thanks Bert, that guess comment was a tad of sarcasm to the one that suggested it was a standard not a sweet 16...there are several FN stamps on it plus MADE IN BELGIUM is on the side of the barrel
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  • discusdad
    what would the 9 4 5 0 stamps on the screw represent?
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  • Grasshopper
    quote:Originally posted by discusdad
    what would the 9 4 5 0 stamps on the screw represent?



    Your serial number on the firearm,,just a guess again.
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  • discusdad
    Bert, you say it SHOULD NOT have the suicide safety? it does have it-see picture- with S/N 29450 clearly stamped..... something isn't jiving here.
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  • Bert H.
    FN did not resume production of the Auto-5 post war until sometime in the latter part of the year 1948. It is possible that there were some pre-war receivers and parts still on hand that were used in the early post-war production guns. That is certainly a possibility on your Sweet Sixteen A-5.
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