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Silver Autoloading Shotgun

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

Date Historic Information Serial Number Info
     
1976-1995 In 1976 Browning re-standardized its serial number identification.
1. Serial Number
beginning with 01001
at the start of each year.		 
2. Date of Manufacture
is a two digit code		 Z=1
Y=2
X=3
W=4
V=5
T=6
R=7
P=8
N=9
M=0
3. Silver Type 113=Silver Type
 Serial
Number Example:

01001ZM113

This would be an Silver shotgun, manufactured in 2010 with the serial number 01001.