@47 years old
You will have to contact the Weatherby Collector's Association.
Check with Weatherby Customer service. My references only show letter prefix dates.
1989 was date of manufacture for the VL prefix.
Blue Book of Gun Values might have sn data.
BLue Book of Gun Values might have sn data.
Contact Weatherby, or the Weatherby Collectors Website. The data is not published. Sorry
The Weatherby Vanguard rifle with the serial number VL 31845 was manufactured in 1998. Weatherby Vanguards typically use a serial number prefix to indicate the year of production, and the "VL" prefix corresponds to that year.
To determine the year your Weatherby was built, you can check the serial number on the firearm. Weatherby provides a guide for decoding serial numbers, which indicates the year of manufacture. If you’re unable to find this information, you can also contact Weatherby directly or consult a firearms expert for assistance.
Contact Weatherby Customer Service through their website.
Impossible to answer without a serial number
To determine the manufacture date for a Weatherby shotgun with the serial number W004512, you would typically need to consult Weatherby's official customer service or reference their serial number database. Generally, Weatherby shotguns have a specific serial number format that can help identify the production year. However, without access to proprietary databases or records, I cannot provide the exact manufacture date for that specific serial number.
There is a limited amount of information available on the Weatherby website. See link below- and you did not give us the serial number. Shame on you.