2358 SERIALIZATION - NRA Museum

1 2358 SERIALIZATIONThis section has once again been expanded to help you identify the year of manufacture on many popular manufacturers and trademarks. To use these tables, compare your serial number(s) to the correct manufacturer and model, and ascertain which bracket it falls into based on the year of manufacture and corresponding serial number. In several cases, caliber rarity can also be determined. Date codes are now also provided on some manufacturers and countries to allow you to determine the year of manufacture by the date code on the barrel or frame/receiver. The publisher wishes to thank Galazan s and Dixie Gun Works for providing a portion of this SERIALIZATION , Y ARANZABAL (AYA) SERIALIZATION 1945 to 1994 From 1945 to 1994 AYA had manufactured over 600,000 shotguns of all models and grades with all serial numbers assigned in chronological order.

2 For 1927-1944 year of manufacture date codes, see "Spanish Year Of MFG. Date Codes" in this ser. # start ser. # end1945-1948 0001 199991949-1954 20000 719991955-1959 72000 1152861960-1965 115287 2225081966-1971 222509 3785481972-1977 378549 4814011978-1983 481402 5765511984-1987 576553 5999991988-1993 600000 6024221994 602423 602642 Beginning 1995 the Spanish proof house implemented a new serial number system. The new system consists of four sets of digits separated by a hyphen. The first set is the manufacturers code, the second designates the type of firearm, the third set is the firearms chronological number, the fourth set shows the year of 1995-2006 Year ser.

3 # start ser. # end1995 16-03-001-95 16-03-800-951996 16-03-001-96 16-03-755-961997 16-03-001-97 16-03-642-971998 16-03-001-98 16-03-677-981999 16-03-001-99 16-03-719-992000 16-03-001-00 16-03-758-002001 16-03-001-01 16-03-645-012002 16-03-001-02 16-03-645-022003 16-03-001-03 16-03-781-032004 16-03-001-04 16-03-703-042005 16-03-001-05 16-03-652-052006 16-03-001-06 16-03-750-06 BOSS & CO., starting serial number1830 6801850 14001857 16001900 47001920 66181930 77301945 87111951 89121953 8920 BOSS & CO.

4 , LTD. SERIALIZATION , starting serial number1963 92191970 9559 BROWNING SERIALIZATION PRE-1975 SERIALIZATIONS ince 1968-1969 was a transition period in Browning SERIALIZATION , firearms may be serialized with either 1968 or 1969 style (AUTOMATIC 5) SHOTGUN -12 ser. # start ser. # end1903 1 41211904 4122 153001905 15301 199201906 19921 223201907 22321 269701908 26971 304461909 30447 334311910 33432 356301911 35631 359251912 35926 389881913 38989 442501914 44251 472981915-1918 No Production1919 47719 479501920 47299 477181921 48951 535001922

5 53501 581501923 58151 626001924 62601 693001925 69301 791501926 79151 880001927 88001 1062501928 106251 1276501929 127651 1545001930 154501 1771001931 177101 1823001932 182301 1827881933 182789 1831521934 183153 1855601935 185561 1916041936 191605 1945351937 194536 1992001938 199201 2084001939 208401 2188081940 218809 2245961941-1943 No Production1944 Production limited to servicemen1945 Production limited to servicemen1946 228729 2409502359 SERIALIZATION , (AUTOMATIC 5) SHOTGUN -12 ga.

6 , ser. # start ser. # end1947 240951 2565001948 256501 2741001949 274101 2885501950 288551 3167501951 316751 3520501952 352051 3874991953 387500 4374001954 437401 4477501955 447751 4547001956 454701 4599001957 459901 463700In 1953 Browning added an alpha prefix to the serial number to differentiate between Lightweight and Standardweight 121953 H1-H6600 L1-L44501954 H6601-H39700 L4451-L452501955 H39701-H83450

7 L45251-L836001956 H83451-H100000 L83601-L998771956 M1-M35250 G1-G354501957 M35251-M86300 G35451-G859501958 M86301-M99999 G85951-G996631958-1976 Ser. No. sequence changed to include a one or two digit numeral followed by an alpha std. Wt. lt. Wt. magnum1958 8M 8G 8V1959 9M 9G 9V1960 0M 0G 0V1961 1M 1G 1V1962 2M 2G 2V1963 3M 3G 3V1965 5M 5G 5V1966 6M 6G 6V1964 4M 4G 4V1967 7M 7G 7V1968 8M 8G 8V1969 69M 69G 69V1970 Disc.

8 70G 70V1971 Disc. 71G 71V1972 Disc. 72G 72V1973 Disc. 73G 73V1974 Disc. 74G 74V1975 Disc. 75G 75V1976 Disc. 76G 76VA-5 (AUTOMATIC 5) SHOTGUN -16 ser. # start ser. # end1909 1 3200 1910-1912 3201 150001913 15001 190001914-1918 No Production1919 19671 205001920 20501 222371921 22238 240501922 24051 260001923 26001 284001924 28401 356501925 35651 400101926 40011 516001927 51599 579001928 57901 651001929 65101 827501930 82751 905001931

9 90501 94000A-5 (AUTOMATIC 5) SHOTGUN -16 ga., ser. # start ser. # end1932 94001 960721933 96073 96143 1934 96144 995001 Year Ser. # Start Ser. # End935 99501 1035001936 103501 105850 1937 105851 1110001938 111001 1182001939 118201 126123 1940 126123 1261751941-1943 No Production1944 Production limited to servicemen1945 Production limited to servicemen1946 128117 1286461947 128647 1306161947 X1001 X136661948 X13667 X235011949 X23502 X346001950 X34601 X437001951 X43701 X594001952

10 X59401 X777001953 X77701 X99999 In 1953 Browning changed the Ser. No. alphabetic character to differentiate between Lightweight (Sweet 16) & Standard weight sWeet 161953 R1-R3100 S1-S37001954 R3100-R20800 S3701-S248501955 R20801-R48750 S24851-S493501956 R48751-R74700 S49350-S723001957 R74701-R99999 S72301-S999081957-58 Prefix "T" for Standardweight and Prefix "A" for Sweet 16 numbers mixed, but range from Ser. No. sequence changed to include a one or two digit numeral followed by an alpha sWeet 161958 8R 8S1959 9R 9S1960 0R 0S1961 1R 1S1962 2R 2S1963 3R 3S1964 Disc.