1. Browning Double Auto Serial Numbers Chart
2. Browning Double Auto Serial Numbers History
3. How To Read A Browning Serial Number
4. Browning Double Auto Serial Numbers List

The Browning Double Automatic Shotgun is a short recoil operated ^[2] semi-automatic (Auto Loading) 12 gauge shotgun with a 2 ¾ inch chamber. This shotgun was offered in both aluminum and steel receiver configurations^[3] with the aluminum receivers featuring a variety of finish colors.^[4] The 3 versions offered include the Standard as the only steel receiver version, Twelvette, and Twentyweight which used the aluminium receiver. All Double Automatic's are 12 gauge. Various configurations were available for choke, barrel length, and barrel type. The firearm was produced between 1955 and 1971, with production volume of approximately 67,000.

John Browning himself called it his greatest achievement at the time, of course that was before the 1911.45 caliber semiautomatic handgun. If you own one of these guns and it has a letter in the serial number, your gun would have been made after 1953 and the letter is a code that represents; G = Lightweight, M = Standard Weight, V = 12 Gauge. Belgium Browning Twentyweight Double Automatic (DA) Alloy Autumn receiver! Lightweight, ribbed, field gun. Gun unsold, A33 9XX serial #. Contact me by cell-msg or email to 5.Click for more info. FN Browning Auto-5 Light Twelve SemiautomaticFN Browning Auto-5 Light Twelve Semiautomatic Shotgun: FN Browning Auto-5 Light Twelve Semiautomatic Shotgun, Belgium, c. Early 1960s, serial number; HAMILTON DOUBLE BARRELL SHOTGUN. SN 3944.HAMILTON DOUBLE BARRELL SHOTGUN. 28-1/4” ribbed bbls.

Import guns were in the same serial number sequence as all other Baby Brownings. The Browning Arms Company never referred to the gun as the “Baby” in their literature-instead, it was simply known as the “Browning.25 Caliber Automatic Pistol.”. Some time between 1903 and 1939 is the best guess by Browning. The gun was manufactured at the F.N. Factory in Belgium. Most records were lost. From the Browning Website: 'Beginning with Serial Number 1 to approximately 228,000. Exact production figures are not available. Year of manufacture on Pre-World War II production is strictly a guess.'

Action[edit]

This firearm features a unique loading port on the left side of the receiver.^[5] As the first round is loaded, the shell is lifted by a mechanism and chambered by the bolt; once the bolt is closed, the lifting mechanism returns to the resting position below the loading port, where the next round can then be loaded. Upon firing the chambered round, the shell in the loading port is automatically chambered. The total capacity is 2 with 1 chambered round and 1 in the loading port.

Browning Double Auto Serial Numbers Chart

Markings[edit]

The Double Automatic Shotgun has engravings on left rear of the barrel. Chokes are designated as:

• * Full choke, *- Improved Modified, ** Modified, **- Improved cylinder, **$ skeet, *** full bore

References[edit]

1. ^http://www.bondbywater.co.uk/doc_uploads/product%20info%20docs/Browning/Browning%20Twelvette.pdf
2. ^'Semi-Auto Shotguns'. Chuckhawks.com. Retrieved 2013-05-25.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
3. ^'Browning Date Your Firearm - Double Automatic Shotgun'. Browning.com. Archived from the original on 2013-06-13. Retrieved 2013-05-25.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
4. ^'Archived copy'(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2012-01-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
5. ^'• View topic - Original Browning Double Auto Article!'. Shotgunworld.com. Retrieved 2013-05-25.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)

Now you can date your Browning firearm. The serial number found on your gun has the answer. This area will help you read that serial number.

To find your serial number, you will need to refer to your owner's manual. We have most owner's manuals online.

While every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided on serial numbers and dates of manufacture are accurate, records on early production models such as the Auto-5 and Superposed shotguns were not included due to the complexity of numbers, models and grades offered. Also, there have been unique limited edition models that did not follow our regular serial number configurations and they are not included in this listing.

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Browning Double Auto Serial Numbers History

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