You will need to research 1970s gun catalogs.
Check the receiver and barrel.
Browning's web site has a sn search function.
Press the release tab on the left side of the receiver and pull the bolt rearward
The Browning website has fairly good year of manufacture data. Look under customer service.
You can contact Browning Customer Service through their website, or look up date of manufacture on same website.
No.the bar action and receiver is not designed to take that long of a cartridge.
You will need to contact Browning
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.
Browning made the A-500R which was the hunting model,they made the A-500G which was similar to the A-500R but was gas operated and had A-500G in gold accents on the receiver,and the A-500G sporting clays which had a self cleaning piston rod,gas action with self-regulation,alloy receiver with non glare black finish and gold hunter on the receiver side.
1970; 50-500 usd
The receiver of an action is typically called the "object" in a sentence. It is the noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb.
Browning.com has a sn function listed under customer service.