Harry G. Hunter
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I have a Browning Sweet 16. Thinking about selling it. The gun was built around 1939. The stock, and blueing are in very good conidition. It has a plain barrel.
What is it worth?
What is it worth?
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Browning Sweet 16 Value
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jaguarxk120
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The best way is to check the closed auctions on the different auction sites.
By the way a Sweet 16 is a auto loader and has only one barrel. The OP did not mention a second accesory barrel.
By the way a Sweet 16 is a auto loader and has only one barrel. The OP did not mention a second accesory barrel.
Browning referred to some of their O/U's over the years in 16ga as "sweet 16's" as well ....but you're right / he didn't mention 2 barrels - it was my assumption. Who knows what he meant ?? Since he said, 1939 ... I may have wrongly assumed it was a SXS or an O/U ??
we still need photo / specs on the gun.
we still need photo / specs on the gun.
jaguarxk120
New member
It still comes down to condition and what the market is willing to pay for the Sweet 16. They usually command a higher price over other models.
I agree - and hopefully he responds with specs on the gun and photos. I always like seeing photos of a gun that's been around awhile.
16 ga's in general - in my area - don't typically demand a premium. ( but I have one in my safe / that I've had since I was a kid ).
There isn't anything wrong with a 16ga / but the lack of gague specific competitions for the 16ga ( when we have them for the 12, 20, 28ga and the .410 ) - and the versatility of screw in chokes / and an abundance of commercial shells in light 12ga / and heavy 20ga shells ...kind of left the 16ga out in the cold over the last 30 yrs or so, in my opinion.
Virtually all I shoot anymore in a 12ga are 1oz loads ( which is in the wheelhouse for the 16ga ) ....but a lot of my buddies even shoot 7/8 oz loads in a 12ga ....making the 12ga pretty versatile for a lot of shooters - so buyers for a 16ga in my area are often buying based on nostalgia.
16 ga's in general - in my area - don't typically demand a premium. ( but I have one in my safe / that I've had since I was a kid ).
There isn't anything wrong with a 16ga / but the lack of gague specific competitions for the 16ga ( when we have them for the 12, 20, 28ga and the .410 ) - and the versatility of screw in chokes / and an abundance of commercial shells in light 12ga / and heavy 20ga shells ...kind of left the 16ga out in the cold over the last 30 yrs or so, in my opinion.
Virtually all I shoot anymore in a 12ga are 1oz loads ( which is in the wheelhouse for the 16ga ) ....but a lot of my buddies even shoot 7/8 oz loads in a 12ga ....making the 12ga pretty versatile for a lot of shooters - so buyers for a 16ga in my area are often buying based on nostalgia.