On the bottom of the receiver just forward of the magazine port. American A5s are on the left hand side of the receiver
A Browning Auto 5 Lightweight shotgun was made in 1957 with that serial number on it.
I found the answer on the Browning website. Serial numbers in the range of 387000-438000 were made in 1953. Here's the website for all Browning gun's serial numbers: http://www.browning.com/services/dategun/index.asp Here's the site for the Auto-5 http://www.browning.com/services/dategun/detail.asp?id=13
Go to the Browning home page www.browning.com/services where they list serial numbers of all brownings. you can send browning the serial number of your gun and for a price they will send you the history of your particular gun.
This gun was made in 1963
Your Browning 22cal semi-auto rifle was made in the year 1962 with the 2T prefix to your serial number.
Your serial number indicates that you have a Browning auto-5 standard shotgun in 16 gauge,that was made in the year 1953.
this gun was made in 1949
This gun was made in 1950.
This gun was made in 1929
This gun was made in 1953
The serial number comes up a Browning Auto-5 semiauto shotgun. Browning began manufacturing the Auto-5 in 1902. All serial numbers below around 228,000 are pre-WW2 manufacture, and only Browning can provide at best a guess on the age of the gun.
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