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Joined: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 1460 Location: Eagle, Nebraska

Just ordered my new Sweet 16, should be here in October

*Last edited by skeettx on Mon May 16, 2016 1:22 pm; edited 1 time in total*

Well done
Hopefully you will give us all a hunting report
Mike

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October?

I'm hearing everything from May to September.

Member Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 113 Location: Arizona

I ordered mine in February from a good friend who happens to be the area rep for Browning. He told me, at that time, to expect it mid-October.

Joined: 18 Jun 2014 Posts: 312 Location: Western Wisconsin

Ordered mine during shot show and my dealer then said August/September. Hoping sooner than later. Be interesting if someone had an "in" and Browning to actually get the low down on these. Seems like different reps are telling people different things.

Joined: 18 Jun 2014 Posts: 312 Location: Western Wisconsin

Emailed Browning today and they said they did not have a solid estimate yet as they are still being told "late summer/early fall". Got the impression that they are at the whim on FN as to when they produce and ship. Just thought I'd pass along what I learned.

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Thanks, BB!

Joined: 05 Feb 2015 Posts: 267 Location: New Braunfels TX

I called Browning customer service. The guy said he thought they would ship late September. I explained to him that Texas dove season opens September 1 and my birthday is September 4. He was unmoved Mad

Joined: 13 Oct 2015 Posts: 348

Anyone receive one of these yet by any chance?

I'm getting antsy about buying a new gun... been holding out to hear how this new Browning is, but my willpower is waning. I can tell I'm going to end up buying a Stevens 555 28ga or such before too long, if I can't get some 16-ga info/reports as a fix!
Wink

Member Joined: 30 Nov 2011 Posts: 1696 Location: Minnesota

Dave See JNW's recent post on the subject in the Sweet 16 shoot thread. Best you can do right now is the you tube videos from when it was being shot at SHOT show

Joined: 13 Oct 2015 Posts: 348

Savage, thx for the words, guess I will have to wait a few months.

I did look at that thread and Jnw's posts... didnt see one on sweet 16, but here is his most recent post:

Member Joined: 09 Jan 2013 Posts: 2168 Location: Florida

JNW wrote:I have some bad news, kind of. I have been working with Browning to try and get a new A5 16 gauge to the shoot, but to no avail. There are 5 preproduction prototypes in the US and they are all in the hands of supposed gun writers for evaluation. I told them that letting us shoot it for the day would have been the best advertising they could have gotten. They keep pushing back the release date and they told me just today that they wil start delivery in September. Maybe next year, but by then we'll have a bunch of our own. Hope to see many of you there.
Regards,
Jeff[/quote]

http://www.browning.com/products/firearms/shotguns/a5/current-production/a5-sweet-sixteen.html

https://www.gunsamerica.com/blog/browning-a5-sweet-sixteen/

http://www.outdoorchannel.com/article.aspx?id=35275

http://www.fieldandstream.com/articles/hunting/2016/01/range-day-video-browning%E2%80%99s-new-a5-sweet-sixteen

Cheer up guys, there are a whole lot of old A-5's out there, probably a better gun, and cheaper. Wink

Dale

Member Joined: 09 Jan 2013 Posts: 2168 Location: Florida