Call the company if still in business, look for books published on the company.
Yes it is illegal to own a gun that does not have a serial number. It is also illegal to remove the serial number off a gun.
Go to the Browning home page www.browning.com/services where they list serial numbers of all brownings. you can send browning the serial number of your gun and for a price they will send you the history of your particular gun.
With just the serial number, nothing.
It would be almost impossible to identify a gun just by its serial number.
Just by the serial number, no.
No. Some enthusiasts of a particular gun may keep serial number lists for historical research, but there is no central database of all guns.
Impossible to answer. A serial number is not unique to only one gun in the world.
Impossible to date a gun with just the serial number and no other informaiton.
The serial number is on the frame.
Gun Registration...
You find a published list of serial numbers for the maker.
Winchester serial numbers were unique to the model of the gun,The only thing the serial number tells you about the gun is it's age.The serial number you've listed was from a gun made in 1974.