Overview
One Sweet Shotgun. In the not-so-distant past if your buddy uttered the phrase, “Sweet Sixteen,” your eyebrows didn’t go up because you knew he was talking about a Browning Auto-5 in 16 gauge. Maybe it was the sweet way these guns handled, their light and trim dimensions, or it might have just had something to do with the way the phrase “Sweet Sixteen” rolled off the tongue.
Often called the “Gentleman’s Gauge,” the in-between 16 is, to many hunters, the ideal ammunition for the perfect gun. A well designed 16 gauge is closer in weight to a 20 gauge, with a shot payload nearer the 12 gauge, and patterning that bests them both. Like its most revered predecessor, the Browning A5 16 gauge is built on a smaller, lighter receiver for reduced weight and a sleek feel in your hands. It also benefits from the advantages of Total Barrel Dynamics and the Invector-DS choke tube system to extract the most performance from this revered gauge. The humpback receiver profile increases the length of the sighting plane to give you the same advantage the first Auto 5s were famous for. Pick up an A5 Sweet Sixteen and see how sweet it is.
Guaranteed. The Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen is sure to become a modern classic, with a short-recoil operated action that is so reliable we back it with a 5 year/100,000 round guarantee — come hell or high water.
The Kinematic Drive™. In its simplest term, kinetic energy is the energy of motion. The new Browning A5 makes better use of kinetic energy with its powerful, short recoil-operated Kinematic Drive System. Kinematic Drive harnesses recoil energy and converts it into the mechanical motion needed to operate the action. This concept is tried and true, and now perfected by the company that broke ground first with autoloading shotguns. The beauty of Kinematic Drive is the simplicity of design for consistent, reliable function with a wide variety of loads and under the full extremes of weather, temperature, moisture and grime. This gun is designed to work, come hell or high water. Operation is clean because gases are sent out the barrel and away from the action.
A5 Sweet Sixteen Features
Gloss finish Turkish walnut stock with close radius pistol grip is shim-adjustable for length of pull, cast and drop
18 lines-per-inch checkering
Gloss black anodized receiver finish
Three Invector-DS choke tubes
Fiber-optic front sight and ivory mid-bead
Ideal for hunting/sporting clays
A5 Features
100,000 round or five year guarantee
Humpback Acquisition Advantage
Kinematic Drive
Ergo Balanced
Inflex Recoil Pad
Speed Load Plus
Turnkey Magazine Plug
Ergonomic Bolt Latch
Includes 1/4 in and 1/2 in stock spacer for length of pull adjustment.
Nickel Teflon Coating
Steel Shot Performance
Total Barrel Dynamics
Back-Bored Technology
Vector Pro
Invector-DS (Double Seal) Choke Tube System
Item Number 0118005005 | UPC 023614439578 |
Gauge 16 | Chamber Length 2 3/4″ |
Barrel Length 26″ | Overall Length 47 1/4″ |
Length of Pull 14 1/4″ | Drop at Comb 1 3/4″ |
Drop at Heel 2″ | Weight 5 lbs 12 oz |
Magazine Capacity 4, 2 3/4″ shells | Rib Width 1/4″ |
Barrel Finish High Gloss | Stock Finish Gloss |
Wood Grade Grade I | Chokes Included Full, Modified, Improved Cylinder |
Receiver Finish Polished Black | Chamber Finish Chrome Plated Chamber |
Front Sight Fiber Optic | Choke System Invector-DS Flush |
Barrel Material Steel | Stock Material Turkish Walnut |
Recoil Pad Inflex 2, Large | Checkering Cut 18 LPI |
Sling Swivel Studs None | Receiver Material Aluminum Alloy |
Trigger Finish Gold Plated | Trigger Guard Finish Matte Black |
Bolt Slide Finish Brushed Nickel | Magazine Type Tubular |
Trigger Material Alloy | Trigger Guard Material Alloy |
Trigger Guard Engraving Buck Mark in Gold | Choke Wrench Included T-Wrench |
MSRP $1,979.99 |
Item Number 0118005004 | UPC 023614439585 |
Gauge 16 | Chamber Length 2 3/4″ |
Barrel Length 28″ | Overall Length 49 1/4″ |
Length of Pull 14 1/4″ | Drop at Comb 1 3/4″ |
Drop at Heel 2″ | Weight 5 lbs 13 oz |
Magazine Capacity 4, 2 3/4″ shells | Rib Width 1/4″ |
Barrel Finish High Gloss | Stock Finish Gloss |
Wood Grade Grade I | Chokes Included Full, Modified, Improved Cylinder |
Receiver Finish Polished Black | Chamber Finish Chrome Plated Chamber |
Front Sight Fiber Optic | Choke System Invector-DS Flush |
Barrel Material Steel | Stock Material Turkish Walnut |
Recoil Pad Inflex 2, Large | Checkering Cut 18 LPI |
Sling Swivel Studs None | Receiver Material Aluminum Alloy |
Trigger Finish Gold Plated | Trigger Guard Finish Matte Black |
Bolt Slide Finish Brushed Nickel | Magazine Type Tubular |
Trigger Material Alloy | Trigger Guard Material Alloy |
Trigger Guard Engraving Buck Mark in Gold | Choke Wrench Included T-Wrench |
MSRP $1,979.99 |