The Browning website has fairly good year of manufacture data. Look under customer service.
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The prefix of L70 indicates that your Browning safari bolt action rifle was made in the year 1970.
The prefix of L70 indicates that your Browning safari bolt action rifle was made in the year 1970.
You will need a gunsmith to assist with measuring.
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.
Need to know action type, gauge, barrel length, finish, condition, box, accessories, etc..
No the meaning of browning bdm means browning detachable magazine,while the browning da means (double action) and sa means (single action) in reference to browning handguns.
Your browning safari bolt action rifle was made by FN for browning in 1963.
Your browning lever action 22 was made in 1976.
Browning Lever Rifle
Your Browning safari model bolt action rifle was made by FN of Belguim for Browning in the Year 1963.
Sorry. No. What caliber Sako action do you have in the Browning? Give me a call at 417-830-5588 and I will give you some suggestions.