The serial number listed isn't correct. The letter J should not exist. The first character would be a number such as "1" that you listed, followed by a "P" not an e. Please recheck the number. If it turns out to be 1P1718, then it was made in 1961.
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made in 1989
The 2 letters in your serial number(PV) stand for the year 1985.That is the year of production of your Browning shotgun.
The letters PV in your serial number stand for the year 1985.This is the year of production.
The serial number comes up a Browning Auto-5 semiauto shotgun. Browning began manufacturing the Auto-5 in 1902. All serial numbers below around 228,000 are pre-WW2 manufacture, and only Browning can provide at best a guess on the age of the gun.
Need serial number that is stamped on the gun to determine the date of mfg.
The prefix of 4T indicates that you have a Browning auto rifle in 22 long rifle that was made in the year 1964.
Your browning sweet sixteen was produced in 1952.
You will have to call Browning an provide them with the sn to find out.
50-500 usd
You will have to call Browning with the serial number.