50-500 usd
The barrel will be marked "Made in Belgium"
It will be marked on the receiver/barrel.
Your browning auto-5 standard 16gauge shotgun was made by FN of belguim for browning in 1953.
@ 40" or so depending on LOP and Barrel length.
There is no way to age your browning auto-5 shotgun without a serial number.As to the value,this would be 450 dollars for a shotgun in the condition that you describe.I can say that the Browning auto-5 standard weight shotgun in 16gauge was made from 1946-1964.
You will have to call Browning to find out.
Made in 1934.
With the serial number that you have provided,your Browning standard weight shotgun was made in the year 1948.These fine made Belguim produced shotguns will bring 375 dollars for a shotgun with the standard barrel,450 dollars for a shotgun with the matted rib(solid) barrel,and 550 dollars for a shotgun with a vent rib barrel.
look under the forearm
Your browning auto-5 standard weight 16ga shotgun was made for browning by FN of belguim in 1927.A fine browning auto-5 with this age and in 80-90% finish will bring between in the neighborhood of 600-700 dollars.You can add a little more if you have a solid rib,or vent-rib barrel with the shotgun.
Your browning 16ga was produced by browning in belguim in 1949.
This is a Auto-5 shotgun made by Fabrique Nationale in Belgium. This is a 12 guage shotgun made in 1930. The barrel should be stamped Browning Arms Co. Ogden Utah and or a combination of Ogden and St. Louis Mo. It will not have any scroll engraving on the receiver unless it is a gradeII or better. The standard grade was not engraved in that year.