They have been made since 1988.
FN
They were introduced in 1995.
Use to be manufactured in Belgium and other various European countries but today they are manufactured in China. If you have the money buy the made in Belgium.
You can, but, you will cause a barrel bulge after a while.
Browning Arms
You will need to supply the serial numbers to your shotguns to get the age of your browning shotguns correctly.
Contact Browning.
The Browning 12 gauge shotgun with serial number 55852-75G was manufactured in 1975. Browning shotguns typically use a serial number system that helps identify the production year, and the "75" in the serial number indicates the year of manufacture.
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If you have the money.....
All Browning B-2000 shotguns were Belgium manufacture but assembled in Portugal.
Yes.All Browning shotguns made prior to the year 1976 were Belgium made shotguns.