Most Browning guns were made in Belgium by Fabrique Nationale (FN) until the mid 1970s when some production was shifted to Miroku in Japan. Today's Browning Firearms are made in either Belgium, Portugal, Japan or in the United States.
Your browning auto-5 magnum shotgun with a 0V prefix dates your shotgun to 1960.It was made by FN of belguim for browning that year.FN stands for Fabrique Nationale which is located in Herstal Belguim,near Liege.
Your browning auto-5 magnum shotgun was made by FN of belguim for browning in 1965.
The 71V prefix to the serial number indicates that you have a browning auto-5 magnum shotgun that was made by FN in belguim for browning in 1971.
Your 7V prefix indicates that you have a browning auto-5 magnum shotgun that was made by FN of belguim for browning in 1967.
The 8V prefix indicates that you have a browning auto-5 shotgun in the magnum version/chambering that was made by F N of belguim for browning in 1968.
The 4V prefix to your serial number indicates that you have a Browning auto-5 Magnum shotgun made by FN of belguim,in the year 1964.
The 7X prefix indicates that you have a Browning auto-5 shotgun in the magnum 20ga model that was produced by FN of belguim for Browning in 1967.
I am sure happy to help but need more information starting with model or caliber.The 3V prefix was assigned to the browning auto-5 magnum shotgun.Your shotgun was made by FN of belguim for browning in 1963.
With the serial number that you provided,your Browning superposed shotgun was made in Belguim for Browning in the year 1955.
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Your Browning sweet sixteen shotgun was made by FN of belguim for Browning in the year 1951.
With the serial number that you provided,if you have a Browning model auto-5 shotgun?Then this shotgun was made by FN of belguim for Browning in 1939.