Browning added the Light Weight 12 gauge to the line in 1946. Like the Sweet Sixteen, the Light Weight 12 is simply a lighter version of the Standard weight gun.

Designer: John M Browning; Gauges: 12, 16, 20; Notable Variants: Light 12, Sweet 16, 12- and 20-gauge magnums; Birth of the Auto 5. When he began work on his semiauto shotgun, Browning had already ...

The super-light A5 was a real joy to carry while trudging into those hidden honey holes. For reference, it’s about 2 pounds lighter than my go-to duck gun, a 12-gauge SBE III .

I was among the first writers to hunt with the new-at-the time Browning A5 when the company reintroduced that classic “humpback” design in 2012. As a small platoon of other media members and I tromped ...

“I thought a while back that it would be cool to use Poppa’s old box call and Papaw’s old shotgun,” Crutchfield said. “It’s a Browning Auto-5 Light 12. It was built either in 1953 or 1956.