Baby browning serial number location

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Special Terms COM Add a reminder for this event. Print This Page. Also, there have been unique limited-edition models that did not follow our regular serial number configurations and they are not included in this listing. Historical Letters Available Give us a call at to learn more about how you can add a piece of history to your Browning firearm. Born in , John M. Browning dedicated his life to inventing revolutionary firearms that were desitned to shape the future.

Read about him in this riveting biography. Click Here to learn more. The 16ga number 1 began in The two sets of numbers are different. A common mistake I have seen in many, many, gun shops and online sites is to assign the 12ga serial number date to a 16ga. I compiled this quick reference serial number guide for dating 16ga Browning A5s and the Auto Shot, by serial number.

I decided to share it here since this is where much of my limited knowledge came from. The serial number and dates are approximations only. I took the liberty to use the Calandar Year Jan. Other factors need to be taken into consideration to properly date your gun. I found what I thought was a very early Sweet Sixteen based on the serial number.

Browning informed me the gun left the factory in SNs — were invoiced between 1st Jan. New choke codes replaced the choke words stamped on the barrels. No serial number distinction between the Sweet 16 and the Standard 16 gauge A5s. These are among the rarest of the A5 Sweet Sixteen but are priced as standard 16 gauge A5s in value guides. It is also the last year of the non-engraved sweet sixteen. Getting one of these extremely rare original factory issued guns at a standard gun price is a trophy in itself.

He acknowledged the lightweight A5 16 gauge guns produced between and are in fact Sweet Sixteen and identified as such in the factory issued catalogues. Some have shown up with the entire year stamped instead of the two digit year code. The serial number coding system changed to the serial number preceding the date code.

Very nice. Perhaps add it as a post to the timeline thread, like Martin did with the proofmark info. Your effort is appreciated. Just bought a Browning A-5 16 ga today, serial number XX. It also has a choke 'thingy' and a new pressure plug? It was set up for his grandson, who outgrew the gun and went into Rem 12 ga. I owned two Sweet 16's when I was in my late 20's - early 30's, but I don't remember anything about the pressure plug adjustments.

I have one of the 'X' 16's, Xxx. It is definitely a stealth. Thanks for taking the time to pull this information together. Some of the earliest ones imported in had the barrel address 'Browning Brothers Company Ogden Utah'. I have one and know of 2 others.

It would be interesting what the and models had. So, if I have a 16 gauge and the serial number starts with X, that is a , correct?