FN
They were introduced in 1995.
They have been made since 1988.
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.
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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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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.