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.
All Browning B-2000 shotguns were Belgium manufacture but assembled in Portugal.
Yes.All Browning shotguns made prior to the year 1976 were Belgium made shotguns.
Belgium and Japan.
You will need to supply the serial numbers to your shotguns to get the age of your browning shotguns correctly.
No. Japan, Portugal and Belgium
You will have to call Browning.
They didnt. The Superposed and Liege shotguns are still made in Belgium. Auto-5's were moved to Japan in 1976.
FN is the abbreviation for Fabrique Nationale Arms Co. of Herstal, Belgium. They made most of the A-5 shotguns and Superposed shotguns for Browning USA.
Go to Browning's site, click on Support then date your firearm.
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.
There were at least three places where the Browning shotguns were made: Belgium, the US, and Japan. Take the gun to a gunsmith and he may be able to tell you easily.
Yes.All Browning shotguns made before 1976 were made and assembled in Belgium.Miroku of Japan began production of Browning shotguns in 1976-1997.