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kgb
PostPosted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 5:21 pm  Reply with quote
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At an auction here in Nebraska on Saturday, short chambered gun that looks to have a gold-plated trigger and safety making it a lightweight.



https://www.proxibid.com/Firearms-Military-Artifacts/Firearms/Browning-16-ga-2-9-16-Semi-Auto-25-Barrel/lotInformation/45271572

A 20ga is up at this same auction, should keep ahead in price till the end.

https://www.proxibid.com/Firearms-Military-Artifacts/Firearms/Browning-20-ga-Semi-Auto-27-Barrel/lotInformation/45271578

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 6:44 am  Reply with quote
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AFAIK, the Sweet was always chambered for 2-3/4" shells.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 8:26 am  Reply with quote
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If you were to insist it's not a Sweet unless it's marked as such on the receiver, you would be correct. Those made prior to the marking could be called lightweights and most people would understand.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 9:57 am  Reply with quote



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It's a 1935 shotgun and the Sweet wasn't introduced until 1937. Still a killer deal.

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the serial number chart shows s/n 108729 to be a 1937 which is the first year of the sweet. 1937 s / n show to be 105850 to 111000.
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I forgot to say 1937 was first year of actual release but 1936 was the release to a test market.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 11:58 am  Reply with quote
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Is it me, or does that forearm look kinda short?
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 12:10 pm  Reply with quote



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This is why short chambered 16s are so fun...terrific deals to be found on great guns like this one.
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16'er wrote:
Is it me, or does that forearm look kinda short?

Looks kinda short to me too. I wonder if it is a three-shot model? There were three-shot sweets and regular 16s made before WWII.

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Flues16 wrote:
16'er wrote:
Is it me, or does that forearm look kinda short?

Looks kinda short to me too. I wonder if it is a three-shot model? There were three-shot sweets and regular 16s made before WWII.


Three shot lightweight is the A-5 unicorn.. I've never seen one in person, but have read that a limited few were indeed produced.

(If you had a euro model with a straight stock, It would be the rainbow-coated unicorn, I guess...? I sold all the A-5's I owned, but a three-shot unmarked sweet sixteen with an english grip would be too much to pass up!)
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Flues15 wrote:

Three shot lightweight is the A-5 unicorn.. I've never seen one in person, but have read that a limited few were indeed produced.

(If you had a euro model with a straight stock, It would be the rainbow-coated unicorn, I guess...? I sold all the A-5's I owned, but a three-shot unmarked sweet sixteen with an english grip would be too much to pass up!)

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Sure would like to see the choke markings on that barrel...... Wink
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Bronzebow wrote:
the serial number chart shows s/n 108729 to be a 1937 which is the first year of the sweet. 1937 s / n show to be 105850 to 111000.


My error. I transposed the numbers incorrectly.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 24, 2019 4:53 pm  Reply with quote
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Another unicorn went off bid yesterday, it had a choke device and a pad added, looks like it was a pretty neglected or maybe just worn unicorn. Cracked forearm and a solid rib, but not very expensive either.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/796902909

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Looking at the amount of barrel extension showing and the front of the chamber cut out, it looks like it may have had the chamber lengthened.

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