Your serial number is missing a letter and/or a letter/number preceding the 01659. This information is needed to determine the year of manufacture. Please re-check and ask the question again. Thank you.
Browning.com has a sn function on their web site that you can use.
On the receiver.
1985
1980
A citori 325
1982
What is year of manufacture of a Browning Shotgun A-5 with serial number 01553NP111?
This is a 12ga made in 1973. It is the first year of production for the Citori Model.
i would go to the browning web site.Click on the customer service link and there should be a spot were you can research your browning citori lightning.
Go to Browning's site, click on Support then date your firearm.
No serial number = no way to answer.
The browning citori serial number that you supplied indicates that your browning citori was made in 1982.