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.
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.
YOu will have to contact Browning to find out.
You will have to call Browning and provide the serial number.
1949
Browning has sn data on their website.
your browning auto-5 shotgun was made in 1928.