Browning website, under Customer Service, has serail number ranges for different years.
Last year I bought a Browning A-bolt 22 rifle for 300 dollars.It was new in the box.
Which model? The first Browning bolt rifle was introduced in 1959 and was available in .30-06
Browning Bolt action Rifle. BBR. Year serial numbers start with 010001. PM is year of manufacture. 1980 117 is the model type. Standard hunter model. So your rifle is a Browning bolt action rifle manufactured in 1980 around July. Standard right hand hunter model.
Your Browning safari model bolt action rifle was made by FN of Belguim for Browning in the Year 1963.
Your serial number indicates that your Browning A-bolt rifle was made in the year 1993.The model of A-bolt rifle you have cannot be determined without a more detailed description of it,s features.
Your Browning T-Bolt rifle with the suffix of X7 after the serial number indicates that it was made in the year 1967.
With the serial number that you supplied,your Browning Safari bolt action rifle was produced by FN of Belguim for Browning in the year 1963.
It sounds to me that you have a Browning T-bolt rifle in 22cal that was made in the year 1969.But the serial number should read 69X then the serial number.
The prefix of L70 indicates that your Browning safari bolt action rifle was made in the year 1970.
With the serial number that you provided,your Browning T-bolt rifle was produced in the year 1966.Which is identified by the suffix X6.
The prefix of L70 indicates that your Browning safari bolt action rifle was made in the year 1970.
Your Browning A-bolt rifle was made in the year 1986,with the serial number provided.That said,the value will range between 250-500 dollars depending on overall condition of your rifle.