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The 7G prefix to your serial number was assigned to the browning lightweight auto-5 shotguns that were made in 1967.
You will have to call Browning with the serial number to find out.
The serial number is on the receiver.
The 2Z prefix to your shotguns serial number indicates that your Browning auto-5 was made by FN of Belguim for Browning in 1962.
what model of browning semi-auto shotgun are we talking about?I show no B prefix to the serial number on the browning auto-5 shotguns made.
look on the frame
1966
Your serial number letter prefix of the letter X was used from 1947-1953 on all Browning auto-5 shotguns chambered in 16ga.Your serial number dates to the year 1953.
Your serial number indicates that your Browning auto-5 16 gauge shotgun was made in the year 1948.
Browning produced almost 3 million Auto-5s
Browning shotguns have a letter prefix of the letters H,L,G,M,in 12 gauge.If you have a 16ga auto-5 shotgun then the prefix letters will be X,R,S.All Browning shotguns auto-5 shotguns made in 1940 were serial number 218809-224596.No auto-5 shotguns were made for export due to the German forces taking over the plant in liege Belguim from 1941-1945.Export began again in 1946 after the War with serial number 228729-240950.