Light 12 question

GuvamintCheese

April 05, 2005 16:39

I am looking at a browning light 12 serial no. L 553xx. The serial number of the barrel however is L 500xx. The gun is very strait but the stock has been cut (of course) and a browning recoil pad added. The barel is modified choked and has a vent rib also made in belg. does the fact that the serial no's dont match detract from value? he wants $700. Its in very good shape. Thanks

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  duckhunter

  April 05, 2005 17:31

  Yes, try $500.00 with the cut stock.
  
  I WOULD RATHER BE DUCK HUNTING.

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  GuvamintCheese

  April 06, 2005 12:56

  Yes, but the owner of the gun is telling me that it was common practice for the reciever # not to match the barrel #. So, should I deduct $$$ because the barrel was not born on the gun? Or is this pretty common with the belgian auto 5's.

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  Mballistic

  April 06, 2005 13:24

  This is very common on the A5 model.
  Jeff

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  GuvamintCheese

  April 06, 2005 16:20

  Thanks Jeff Todd

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  Bert H.

  April 06, 2005 18:38

  quote:Originally posted by cartod
  Yes, but the owner of the gun is telling me that it was common practice for the reciever # not to match the barrel #. So, should I deduct $$$ because the barrel was not born on the gun? Or is this pretty common with the belgian auto 5's.
  
  
  Yes, it is very common. I own a 100% factory original Light Twenty A5 (1962 vintage) that has a barrel with a slightly different serial number. My personal take on it, is that Browning made the guns in serial batches, and they paid no attention to which specific barrel they put on a specific frame. After having looked at several hundred A5s over the years, I have found it very rare to find a gun with matching serial numbers on the reciever and the barrel except for the very early made (pre WW II) guns.
  
  Bert H.
  
  Real Men use a SINGLE-SHOT!

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