Help identifying a browning sweet 16

[tomusaf]

I have a guy who is trying to sale me a browning belgium sweet 16 shotgun. We are doing this this long distance over the phone. This gentleman is elderly and is not real computer savy. He say the marking he sees on gun are 1kg 049 (16-70) 168. He said gun does have a vented rib and was rated at 90%. Does this mean anything to anyone. Like i said with out seeing gun or photos i do not know if he acutally has a sweet 16 or just a a-5

 

[BIKER13]

They say sweet 16 on em.Mine does,did.

 

[tomusaf]

Just got through talking to him. He say that it says sweet 16 on it. Now if i just knew exactly where serial number should be on his gun

 

[BIKER13]

Bottom of receiver

 

[freedom]

I have a late 50's, I think, Sweet 16. I can take pics of the markings on mine if you want to PM me an e-mail address. I don't know that much about them. I think mines worth 2k+, but I've seen others sell for 4-500.

 

[T-Roy]

Mines and early 70's. The right side of the receiver is engraved sweet sixteen with some pheasants flying, trigger is gold. Not at home to check for markings, but there's lots of scrollwork on it.

 

[tomusaf]

My email is villatasso@yahoo.com do those numbers he gave me mean anything

thxs

tom

 

[T-Roy]

Mines and early 70's. The right side of the receiver is engraved sweet sixteen with some pheasants flying, trigger is gold. Not at home to check for markings, but there's lots of scrollwork on it.

Left side. Sorry.

 

[tomusaf]

Found serial number it is 70s96915 any help identifying this by number

 

[T-Roy]

Look at the serial number on the receiver of your shotgun. Sweet 16 guns manufactured in 1940 through 1946 will have the letter "A," the year of manufacture, plus a number between 229,000 and 237,000.

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Identify your Sweet 16 from the late 1940s: Guns made in 1947 will have a serial number between 237,001 and 249,000. Guns made in 1948 will have a serial number between 249,001 and 270,000. And Sweet 16s made in 1949 will have a serial number between 270,001 and 285,000.

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Identify Sweet 16 shotguns that were manufactured in the early 1950s: Sweet 16s made in 1950 will have serial number between 285,001 and 315,000. Guns made in 1951 will have a serial number from 315,001 to 346,000. Guns made in 1952 will have a serial number between 346,001 and 387,000. And Sweet 16s manufactured in 1953 will have a serial number from 387,001 to 438,000.

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Identify your Sweet 16 shotgun if it was manufactured in the mid to late 1950s: Guns made in 1954 and 1955 will have the letter "L" and a number between 1 and 83,000. Guns manufactured in 1956 will have the letter "G," followed by a number between 1 and 23,000. And Sweet 16 guns made in 1957 will have the letter "G," followed by a number from 23,0001 to 85,000.

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Identify the year your Sweet 16 shotgun was made from 1958 through 1967. The serial numbers on these guns will also have the letter "G," followed by a number between 85,001 and 99,000. To find the date, look at the number just before the letter G. The number represents the last digit in the year (only from 1958 through 1967) it was manufactured. For example, a Sweet 16 with a serial number of 2G87,908 would mean it was manufactured in 1962.

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Look at the serial number of your Sweet 16 to identify the year it was manufactured from 1969 through 1976. The guns made during this time period were again stamped with a "G," a serial number starting at 1,000, and also bearing the last two digits of the year it was made. If your Sweet 16 has the serial number 74G1,987, this would mean your gun was manufactured in 1974.

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Identify the year your Sweet 16 was manufactured if made from 1976 through 1992 (when production of the Sweet 16 ended). The serial number will begin with 01001, followed by two letters, and end in 221. If your gun does not end in 221, it is not a Sweet 16 shotgun. The date of manufacture codes are: Z = 1, Y = 2, X = 3, W = 4, V = 5, T = 6, R = 7, P = 8, N = 9 and M = 0. A Sweet 16 shotgun made in 1976 will have the code 01001RT221, with RT representing the year 1976.