![]() ![]() This would be a Auto-5 "Final Tribute" 12 ga., manufactured in 1999 with the serial number 1001. ![]() To commemorate this historic event for the Auto-5, Browning released the "Final Tribute" version in 1999. ![]() The Auto-5 will be discontinued for 2000. This would be an Auto-5 Magnum 12 ga.,manufactured in 1976 with the serial number 01001. In 1976 Browning standardized its serial number identification which it followed until 1998. This was then followed by the serial number beginning with 1000.Įxample: 69G1000 = A 1969 Auto-5 Lightweight 12 ga. If you don’t have this it is likely that your Gun is an earlier model. In 1969 Browning started using two digits for the date of manufacture which was followed by a four digit code that identified the type of Auto-5: In the Serial number there are two letters together This is your date code. 8G=light weight for 1958.Įxample: 8M1000 = A 1958 Auto-5 standard weight shotgun with serial number 1000 G=Light Weight.įrom 1958 serial numbers were preceded by the date of manufacture. Serial Number designation for the Light Weight changed to G. Serial number is on the side of receiver. Year of manufacture on Pre-World War II production is strictly a guess.įrom 1940 to 1946 production of the Auto-5 was turned over to Remington. Exact production figures are not available. OGDEN UTAH-U.S.A." Very few serial number records remain.īeginning with Serial Number 1 to approximately 228,000. (Good thing they were stamped on the barrel back then!!) At first when I found it, I thought someone leaned a little too hard on it when buffing it for a re-blue, but upon inspection, one can tell it is the original finish.First 10,000 shipped to U.S. Spacing and sizing looks good, but they get lighter as they progress, with the last two digits fairly tough to make out. I have a pretty old 12 gauge, original finish and wood, made in 1925 (as I recall), and the serial numbers are not stamped evenly in regards to depth. The bible doesn't help with that serial number. On the right side BROWNING AUTO5, the code for which choke, SPECIAL STEEL, then I think the gauge and length of the shell (2 3/4" or 3"), barrel length and then BROWNING PATENTS. Or (left side) BROWNING ARMS COMPANY MORGAN, UTAH & MONTREAL P.Q. Under that should be MADE IN BELGIUM The right side will say SPECIAL STEEL and then the shell gauge and shell length. It should say (on the left side of the barrel) BROWNING ARMS COMPANY ST LOUIS Mo & MONTREAL P.Q. Another way we can narrow it down a little more is by what is stamped on the barrel, in regards to where it lists locations. The "ELG" and the double squiggly question mark lookin" things are merely proof marks. Are those numbers located on the bottom of the receiver, on the front ledge? That font doesn't look quite "right", for some reason. ![]()
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