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browning 16 ga regular barrel
crittergitters
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Inherited a sweet 16 with two barrels. does two asterisk mean full choke and does special steel mean its suitable for steel shot? plain barrel made in belgium. thanks!
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* designates full choke (F).
*- designates improved modified choke (IM).
** designates modified choke (M).
**- designates improved cylinder choke (IC).
**$ designates skeet (SK).
*** designates cylinder bore (CYL).
Special Steel is a throw back to the transition from Damascus/black powder barrels and fluid steel or special steel/smokeless powders it does not indicate steel shot compatible. There is the strong possibility of stretching the choke, or even splitting the muzzle, if steel shot is used.
One other thing.
Depending upon how old your shotgun is, it may have 2 9/16" chambers.
"Depending upon how old your shotgun is, it may have 2 9/16" chambers.".............just to note; if is truely a "Sweet 16" is has 2 3/4" chambers
I'll beg to differ Mike.
All of the pre-war 16's had short chambers.
The market test Sweet Sixteen's went out in 1936 and the sub model then added to the catalogue in 1937.
crittergitters
Not sure whether you used the term "Sweet" as reference to condition or if you believe/know yours to be a "Sweet Sixteen".
Not all Sweet's were engraved as such on the receiver. There are "stealth" Sweet Sixteen's that weren't engraved, but are in fact Sweet's.
http://www.browningowners.com/forum/index.php?threads/browning-st-louis-mo-belgium-unmarked-sweet-16.927/
Scroll down to the images posted and you will see the only way to determine if it is an actual Sweet. It's the receiver lightening cuts that are a true indicator since Browning, at some point, stopped numbering barrels to the gun.