Before the 1950's.
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1952 was the first year that FN made Brownings with the cross bolt safety as standard. I have seen a few guns made in 51 with the cross bolt and I have seen at least one 1952 gun with a front trigger safety. Many of the older guns were converted by Browning to switch the front trigger safety to crossbolt. You can tell this if there is a slot in the front of the trigger guard. If the customer paid, he could have a new trigger guard installed along with the conversion, thus it is not possible to date a gun by the safety alone. FN continued the front trigger on their guns that they sold worldwide until the early 60's. These were not Browning Arms Co. guns
Answer If the gun has a cross bolt safety, it means that it was converted by Browning. This gun was made with the safety in the front of the trigger guard. Many times the gun would be converted and the new trigger was blued. If your safety is in the front of the trigger guard, then best explanation would be that it was replaced from repair, or that the gun was refinished. A sweet 16 that came from the factory at FN would be rare not to have a gold trigger. The answer is most likely something else besides a mistake from FN. If it's important to you, contact Browning and see if you can have them plate or replace your trigger.
The safety has always been in the trigger guard of the A5. Early guns had a front-to-rear safety in the front of the trigger guard. Yours should have the later style crossbolt safety behind the trigger. Plain barrel Sweet Sixteens in excellent condition will bring $1000. They drop off fast as they get toward 80% condition. In 'VG' condition, $650.
Please help us out. The "SR" does not compute. What guage is it?
It is a lever inside the trigger guard, forward of the trigger.
What you have is an A5 16ga made in 1947. The "x" designates the new serial number sequence started in 1946 for all 16 ga guns with a 2 3/4" chamber.
yes. bottom of grip. front part of trigger guard and on frame in front of trigger guard...........
This gun was made in 1950 and is chambered for 2 3/4" 16ga shells.
Example sentence - The gun had a trigger guard on it for safety reasons.
To remove the trigger guard from an older browning bar you unscrew the butt plate from the stock. Then you need a long flat head screw driver The stock is removed from inside the stock . Once stock ios removed the trigger guard can be removed by sliding backwards. Hope this helps