A Browning Light 12 shotgun with the serial number G79287 was manufactured in 1951. The "G" prefix indicates it was produced during that year, as Browning used a specific serial number system to date their firearms. Therefore, as of now, the shotgun is 72 years old.
You will have to call Browning with the serial number.
Your serial number indicates that your Browning light twelve was made in the year 1955.
If it is marked Light 12, that is an incomplete serial number.
1979
1958
This gun was made in 1955
This gun was made in 1953
1973
50-500 USD. Browning will have to tell you the age.
Your browning light twelve was made in 1972 as the number prefix suggests.
your browning auto-5 light twelve gauge was made in 1960.
the 9Z prefix dates your browning to 1959.