- Browning Fn Safari Serial Numbers Lookup
- Browning Safari Serial Numbers
- Browning Safari Serial Number Lookup
The Browning Safari Grade Bolt Action Rifles were made from 1959 to 1974. Browning had them made up at the FN plant in Belgium with premium FN Mauser actions and barrels. An article regarding the process of treating stock wood with a salt curing confirms this took place from 1966 to 1971. John Browning himself called it his greatest achievement at the time, of course that was before the 1911.45 caliber semiautomatic handgun. If you own one of these guns and it has a letter in the serial number, your gun would have been made after 1953 and the letter is a code that represents; G = Lightweight, M = Standard Weight, V = 12 Gauge. Serial Number Details Date codes are confusing. From 1958 to 1968, an example serial number might be 8G12345. 8 = Year of manufacture (1958) (Code '8' is duplicated for 1958 and 1968.) G = Model 12345 = Serial number Model designation for Safari models is “L” Characteristics Earliest models are essentially the same as FN Premiums. Later Browning became associated with Colt and the world market was divided—with Eastern Hemisphere going to FN and Western Hemisphere to Colt. In this section, we list arms that bear the FN banner. FN-manufactured firearms produced under the Browning banner, are listed in Browning. Year starting serial number 1830 680 1850 1400 1857 1600 1900 4700 1920 6618 1930 7730 1945 8711 1951 8912 1953 8920 BOSS & CO., LTD. SERIALIZATION, cont. Year starting serial number 1963 9219 1970 9559 BROWNING SERIALIZATION PRE-1975 SERIALIZATION serialization, firearms may be serialized with either 1968 or 1969 style markings.
Browning Fn Safari Serial Numbers Lookup
Now you can date your Browning firearm. The serial number found on your gun has the answer. This area will help you read that serial number.
To find your serial number, you will need to refer to your owner's manual. We have most owner's manuals online.
While every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided on serial numbers and dates of manufacture are accurate, records on early production models such as the Auto-5 and Superposed shotguns were not included due to the complexity of numbers, models and grades offered. 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.
Browning Safari Serial Numbers
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Browning Safari Serial Number Lookup
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