The Browning A5 16 gauge is 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. Built from rugged and lightweight aircraft-grade aluminum alloy, the A5 receiver’s shape is more than a throwback for the sake of nostalgia. The familiar humpback receiver profile melds seamlessly with the rib to extend your sight plane, aiding in natural sight alignment for quicker target acquisition and more accurate shooting.

Weighing in at 5 lbs. 13 oz. this beauty is a pleasure to raise and is definitely easy on your shoulder. And it is every bit as good-looking as it is a good shooter. It features a walnut stock with a brass bead front sight, the classic hump back receiver and gold accents on the trigger and other key parts of the gun. Just like the old Auto 5 of the past, the Browning A5 Sweet Sixteen is sure to become a modern classic, with a short-recoil operated action that is so reliable, it’s backed with a 5 year/100,000 round guarantee.

Unlike the original gas operated Auto 5, the new A5 uses Kinematic Drive. 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 auto-loading shotguns.

The beauty of Kinematic Drive is the simplicity of design for consistent, reliable function with any load and under the full extremes of weather, temperature, moisture and grime. Operation is clean because gases are sent out the barrel and away from the action. Check out Browning’s great line of firearms for yourself at your local Sportsman’s Warehouse.