Dating Browning Firearms Post 1958 Manufacture

• This dating system is for Browning firearms manufactured after 1958.
• Most early Browning serial numbers contained no date or model information and can not be dated using this system.

1958 to 1968 - The last digit of the year was used. (Code "8" is duplicated for 1958 and 1968.)

Example: Serial number 8G12345:

• 8 = Year of manufacture (1958)
• G = Model
• 12345 = Serial number

1968 to 1975 - The last two digits of the year was used,

Example: Serial number 69B12345:

• 69 = Year of manufacture (1969)
• C = Model
• 12345 = Serial number

1975 - All product codes were changed to 3 digits and new (letter) date codes were adopted.

Example: Serial number 151RT1234

• RT = Year of manufacture (1976)
• 151 = Model
• 1234 = Serial number