Have it examined by a competent gunsmith or send it to Browning.
The Browning BDA was introduced in the year 1978.If your serial number is 425,then it was made during the first year of production.
Your browning high power was made during the years 1945-1954 in which browning and FN of belguim did not keep track of the production figures of the high power.The records began with serial number 72251 which was in 1955.
Made before WW 2. Unfortunately, they were made in Belgium, production records lost during the war. As Browning says- from that time period, age is a guess. Sorry.
Your browning 22cal short rifle was made during the years 1956-mid 1961.The A prefix =short.This is all the records indicate for production years.We cannot be accurate until 1961 thru end of production which was 1973.
During the World War II years,when Remington took over production for Browning because the Belgium plant had been over run by the Nazi Germany armed forces.
Very brave French people during World War II who sabotaged the German war effort.
You have an Amwerican Browning made by Remington for Browning during WWII. It was made in 1947.
Production began in Belgium in 1903, and continued thru 1939, at which time the factory was converted to war production for Germany. Your gun was made before the war, and production dates are a guess at best. All records were lost during the war. US Production resumed in 1946 at SN 229,000. Sorry-
The browning twelvette was made during the years 1957-1971.
Your Browning Hi-power was made during the years 1945-1954.Browning had no serial number breakdown during these years.The serial number range is from 1-72,250.
Your browning sweet sixteen was assigned the letter A prefix between the years 1957-1958.These serial numbers were intermixed with the letter T for the standard weight auto-5 shotgun and total production of both during this time span was 10,900.
The Production Budget for Life During Wartime was $4,500,000.