All current models have a product code to identify the exact model specs. Most of the older Belgian models went by name and product number was seldom seen by the public.
All 'G' model Winchesters were made by USRAC, in New Haven, CT. The problem with USRAC is they did not keep great records of their serial numbers, why? who knows. Contact Browning/Winchester in Morgan, Utah where all 'G' Model Model 70s are worked on for repair, they've changed phone numbers but the address remains the same. Browning • One Browning Place • Morgan • Utah • 84050
All firearms were required to have serial numbers with the passage of the gun control act of 1968.This law became affective with the first day of the year 1969.
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Firearms were not required by law to have serial numbers until Congress passed the gun control act of 1968.Begining in 1969 all firearms were required to have serial numbers.Chances are that your Glenfield model 70 does not have a serial number.
The reason yours has only a 4 digit serial number is because all firearms start with the number 1 and go from there.It tells you that your shotgun was made early on in the production of this paticular model of Browning shotgun.
Someone would have to go through all the serial numbers of all the weapons Browning has made to answer the question.
Depending on when it was made, there may not be one. Browning Hi-power was patented at one time by a Belgian company (FN), and has been around since the 1920's, before Federal Law dictated that all firearms manufactured or imported in(to) this country bear serial numbers.
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John Moses Browning (January 21[1] or January 23,[2] 1855 -- November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed many varieties of firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world. He is the most important figure in the development of modern automatic and semiautomatic firearms and is credited with 128 gun patents. His first was granted October 7, 1879. Browning influenced nearly all categories of firearms design. He invented or made significant improvements to single-shot rifles, lever action rifles, and slide action firearms. His most significant contributions were in the area of auto-loading firearms. He developed the auto-loading pistol by inventing the slide design found on nearly every modern automatic handgun. He also developed the first gas operated machine gun, the Colt-Browning Model 1895---a system that would surpass recoil operation in popularity. Other successful designs include the M1911 pistol, the Browning .50 caliber machine gun, the Browning Automatic Rifle, and a ground-breaking semi-automatic shotgun, the Browning Auto-5.
Browning never made firearms in Montreal. Need a detailed description of finish, condition, box, papers, all features and markings.
The model 121 was manufactured between 1967 and 1973. That's about as close as you are going to get. Update, Federal law required all firearms manufacturers to use serial numbers in 1968. If the Winchester 121 does not have serial numbers, if was manufactured in 1967.
We are not familiar with a model 22, but all Browning Shotguns use the invector screw in choke tubes. These are available at most Gun Shops and retailers of Browning guns. You can also find them online at the Browning Co Website