The FN Custom Shop is still making High Grade Over/Under Shotguns. Contact Browning for details
Which model? Browning has been making shotguns since 1903 and still is.
It will be marked if it is Belgian made.
In 1972 the browning auto-5 shotguns were still being produced in belguim.
Yes.All Browning shotguns made prior to the year 1976 were Belgium made shotguns.
One might recognize the two names Browning and Remington. They still make 16 gauge shotguns, as do a few other manufacturers.
Japan
Belgium and Japan.
No, the value of American made Browning Auto-5's, are less than the Belgian models based on like condition. The American made models were made using Remington model 11 machinery. While tens of thousand American models were made during the war, few Belgian models were made and/or assembled during that time. There are very few collectors that are interested in American made Brownings versus the Belgian Browning Collectors.
There are many different models of Browning shotguns that were made in Belgium by the Fabrique Nationale manufacturing plant in Liege/Herstal. The oldest of which is the Auto-5 Automatic Shotgun which began in 1903. Some Superposed shotguns are still made there.
They didnt. The Superposed and Liege shotguns are still made in Belgium. Auto-5's were moved to Japan in 1976.
FN
No, not neccesarily. Some American made auto 5 shotguns say on the barrel: "Browning Arms Co. St. Louis Mo." Nowhere will it say made in Belgium if this is the case. If the barrel is correct to the receiver and the barrel says made in Belgium, then it is.