With the letters NP in the middle of your serial number.This indicates that your Browning lever action rifle was produced in the year 1998.
The 2 letters NR in the middle of your serial number indicate that your Browning model BLR rifle was produced in the year 1997
You will have to call Browning.
1992
1992
Weight of the weapon.
2001
Your Browning BLR model rifle was made in the year 1969.
You can go to the browning home page and they have a spot where you can research your browning lever rifle(BLR). 32516 is the production number , K means BLR and 72 is the year of manufacture. Mine says 27290K71. It's not clear on the browning website but I've confirmed mine and yours is in the same style. And congrats, yours was also built in Belgium, not Japan as later ones are.
"BLR" = Browning Lever Rifle It is lever operated
You will have to call Browning to find out.
You find a Browning trained armorer
You should be able to get the age of your browning BLR rifle by going to the browning home page and getting into customer service.They will have a page dating your browning.