Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen Semi-Automatic Shotgun 16 Gauge 2.75" Chamber 28" Barrel 4 Round Capacity Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Habitat Camouflage Finish
Caliber/Gauge: 16ga
Barrel Length: 28"
Action: Semi-Auto
Front Sight: Fiber Optic
Rear Sight: None
Color: Camo
Material: Polymer
Handed: Right
New for 2022 16 gauge autoloading shotgun with humpback receiver. Composite stock with Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Habitat camo, fiber-optic sight, Ergo Balanced, recoil-operated Kinematic Drive and Invector-DS interchangeable choke tubes.
The Sweet Sixteen Shadow Grass Habitat takes full advantage of the rise in 16 gauge ammunition and pairs it with a lightweight chassis to become a monster in the marsh. With a weight of just over 6 pounds, it won't weigh you down. The composite stocks are tough and weather resistant and include textured gripping surfaces for positive grip in all conditions.
In the not-so-distant past if your buddy uttered the phrase, "Sweet Sixteen," 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" rolls off the tongue, but those models developed a devoted following among hunters.
The in-between 16 is known as "The Gentleman's Gauge." To many hunters, the 16 gauge is 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.
The Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen is well on its way to becoming 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.
In its simplest term, kinetic energy is the energy of motion. The 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.
-Composite stock with close radius pistol grip, textured gripping surfaces and is shim-adjustable for length of pull, cast and drop
-Compact, lightweight 16 gauge receiver and dimensions
-Three Invector-DS choke tubes
-Fiber-optic front sight and ivory mid-bead
-Ideal for hunting
The information below comes from our Gun Caliber Dictionary and is for
general reference only. It does not describe the specifications of this
particular item.
16 gauge has generally fallen out of favor in the USA due to the 20 gauge 3” chamber offering which overlap the 16 gauge performance. However the 16 gauge still has a small loyal following with many fine serviceable guns in circulation. Although guns are no longer commonly manufactured in the US they are still produced by fine makers in Europe and ammunition is still in production world wide. The camber length is 2 ¾” with no known 3” offerings. The most common load is one ounce. Shotgun "gauge" originally meant "number of round balls to the pound, so a round 16-gauge ball weighs once ounce. Fans of the 16-gauge argue that it is thus the most balanced shotgun load with a short shot string.
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Craig Boddington
