Browning Serial Number Question
Hello,
I'm going to start off by saying that I know very little about this. BUt could use your help getting accurate info on a Browning Magnum Shotgun.
I inherited this shotgun and two rifles when I was 13, but they've pretty much been in storage since. I was able to recently get them back and more importantly got them out of Canada. My step dad now has them in his safe until I can get one.
Ok, that's the history of them for me. Now here's my question.
What is my shotgun, when was it made and roughly what's it worth?
It's a 12GA Browning and says Magnum on the side. It loads from under neath. The serial number is 5V 68284. And it says made in Belgium.
The other two rifles are an Enfield 303 that says 1925 and has a serial number of B 11951. It's been put onto a sportsman stock. Just curious what that would be worth at a gun show. It's been used quite a bit and shows.
And last is my first rifle it's Cooey 22. It says Winchester Western Canada. Model 600 22 cal sl & lr. It's a bolt action tube fed 22. It has a carving of a rabbit on the grip. I was given it when I was about 9. Of the three, that's really the one I wanted and I'm curious about it. Any idea when it was made? What it's worth, etc? It doesn't have any other numbers or markings on it.
Thanks in advance,
Robert
I'm going to start off by saying that I know very little about this. BUt could use your help getting accurate info on a Browning Magnum Shotgun.
I inherited this shotgun and two rifles when I was 13, but they've pretty much been in storage since. I was able to recently get them back and more importantly got them out of Canada. My step dad now has them in his safe until I can get one.
Ok, that's the history of them for me. Now here's my question.
What is my shotgun, when was it made and roughly what's it worth?
It's a 12GA Browning and says Magnum on the side. It loads from under neath. The serial number is 5V 68284. And it says made in Belgium.
The other two rifles are an Enfield 303 that says 1925 and has a serial number of B 11951. It's been put onto a sportsman stock. Just curious what that would be worth at a gun show. It's been used quite a bit and shows.
And last is my first rifle it's Cooey 22. It says Winchester Western Canada. Model 600 22 cal sl & lr. It's a bolt action tube fed 22. It has a carving of a rabbit on the grip. I was given it when I was about 9. Of the three, that's really the one I wanted and I'm curious about it. Any idea when it was made? What it's worth, etc? It doesn't have any other numbers or markings on it.
Thanks in advance,
Robert
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rassd71;
I can't help with your question. Just wanted to welcome you to one of my other forums. There's a bunch of us from here over at BHM. Pull up a chair and enjoy this site, it's a good one.
Woods
"... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'" -- Benjamin Franklin0 -
Dose the Browning 12GA have a flat back on the receiver and if you hold the barrel and push it back towards the butt stock does the barrel recoil itself. I am trying to figure out if it is an A-5 model, if so I will be able to further the date and type and price. 0 -
does the forearm move? or, while holding the gun by the stock properly and having it pointed away from you, grab the bbl at the end and pull it back into the receiver. does it go into the receiver any? 0 -
Shotgun is:
Belgium Browning 12 ga
"Auto 5" (A5) Magnum made in 1965.
"V" denotes 12 ga Mag.
I presume it "Loads" (lifts) the shell "into" the chamber from the bottom
and out of the magazine!
But, that in fact you load the magazine from the right side of
receiver.
As to value?
Condition of wood and metal?
Barrel? is it vent rib or plain, what's the length and what's the
choke. *, **, etc?
NRA Benefactor Life Member
Browning Collectors Association0 -
5V sounds like a 1965? 0 -
Try looking here...http://www.browningcollectors.com/
PJ
If nobody seen you do it, how could you have done it. NRA Endowment Member, AF&AM, Shriner Life Member, A.B.A.T.E. of Illinois "Chicago Chapter" Founding Member & Board Member0 -
Ok, The barrel is fixed. Doesn't move. You load from the bottom and it ejects from the right side. The barrel is straight, no venting. Just a Small round front sight. The wood and metal are in very nice condition with little to no signs of wear.
Again to show my ignorance, I'm not sure what a choke on a shotgun is?
It's a long shotgun, I'd guess at right around 4 feet overall length.
Unfortunately it's in a safe in Oregon so I can't measure it and anything else I'm going by memory on.
I know that it would hold 5 shells, but has a plug to limit it to 3. That was the law in Canada. I'm not sure about here.
Oh, and thanks Woodsrunner. So far I really like this forum. As soon as I can get some property, then I'll have lots of questions for the experts here. That's when I'll be getting into firearms.0
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