You can access the date of manufacture of many Browning firearms at the Browning website, under Customer Service.
You will need to include the letter or number and letter prefix to your serial number in this question to get a date of manufacture for your browning light weight 12 gauge shotgun.
I will need for you to include the serial number of your shotgun,so that I may date it for you.
If it is marked Light 12, that is an incomplete serial number.
Your browning auto-5 light weight 12ga shotgun was made by FN of belguim for browning in 1954.
The serial number prefix of 4G indicates hat you have a Browning auto-5 light weight 12 gauge shotgun that was made in the year 1964.
1983
Browning.com has sn data under customer service.
No serial number given.
Your browning was made in 1976.
This gun was made in 1961.
This is a serial number for a Standard weight gun made in 1926. If you have a light 12, there should be a letter above or preceding the number. This information is needed to date your gun.