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What is year of manufacture of a Browning Shotgun A-5 with serial number 01553NP111?
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To determine the year of manufacture for a Browning Citori 12 gauge shotgun with the serial number 17669NX753, you can refer to Browning's serial number lookup charts. The "NX" prefix indicates that the shotgun was manufactured in 1993. Thus, the year of manufacture for this specific shotgun is 1993.
The MW in your serial number indicates that the browning shotgun in question was made in the year 2004.
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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.
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It was made in 1981.