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This gun was made in 1928. The barrel will be marked as Browning Arms Co. Ogden Utah.
This is a Standard Weight A5 made in 1956.
Your browning 16ga was produced by browning in belguim in 1949.
40 years old. 100-500 USD
Your browning auto-5 standard 16gauge shotgun was made by FN of belguim for browning in 1953.
your browning sixteen gauge auto-5 was made in 1954.
YOu will have to contact Browning to find out.
You will have to call Browning and provide the serial number.
I can tell you that with the Western Field name, it's not a Browning product. This was a trade name used by Montgomery Ward. It may be marked with a Browning patent, but was probably made by Stevens/Savage.
1949
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You will have to call Browning or visit their web site with the serail number.