This is a "sweet" shotgun. This Browning Sweet 16 shotgun was manufactured in 1953 according to the Browning website. Serial number is 41107.
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It has been used but well taken care of. I took it to Jay's Guns II and he looked it up and said it retails at $800. I will take $600. It's in fine working condition, just some normal wear on the stock. When not in the field it was kept in a padded case since it was purchased.
Verify the date here:
http://www.browning.com/support/date-your-firearm/auto-5-semi-automatic-shotgun.html
It has been used but well taken care of. I took it to Jay's Guns II and he looked it up and said it retails at $800. I will take $600. It's in fine working condition, just some normal wear on the stock. When not in the field it was kept in a padded case since it was purchased.