Need help dating my Browning A-5

Millbilly · February 6, 2010, 05:31 AM

I have a very old Browning A-5 12 gauge the serial number is 28071 with an H above it.

H
28071

Any idea what year it was made ? I looked on the Browning web site and now I'm really confused...........

rbernie · February 6, 2010, 11:35 AM

1954.

zippy13 · February 6, 2010, 11:38 AM

"Very old" is pretty relative when discussing A-5s. Most folks think of pre-WWII as the old ones. Yours, with a seven digit serial number puts in the mid-50s to mid-60s period. The "H" means it's a standard weight and "28071" puts it in the 1954-55 run. Click here to link to the Browning site.

Millbilly · February 6, 2010, 04:53 PM

Thanks, I guess it wasn't as old as I thought........1954........just a couple of years older than me !!! lot's of life left in it !!!

February 6, 2010, 05:31 AM	#1
Millbilly Member Join Date: November 6, 2005 Location: Cooks Mills Illinois,,,,Not even close to Chicago Posts: 47	Need help dating my Browning A-5 I have a very old Browning A-5 12 gauge the serial number is 28071 with an H above it. H 28071 Any idea what year it was made ? I looked on the Browning web site and now I'm really confused........... __________________ I'll puke if the jukebox plays John Couger one more time......:barf:

February 6, 2010, 11:35 AM	#2
rbernie Senior Member Join Date: August 10, 2004 Location: Plain Ol', TX Posts: 713	1954. __________________ -A conclusion is not a destination, it's simply a convenient place to stop thinking.- -Reading a thing doesn't automatically make it so; repeating it doesn't necessarily make it any truer.- -Every Texan should be a member of the Texas State Rifle Association.

February 6, 2010, 04:53 PM	#4
Millbilly Member Join Date: November 6, 2005 Location: Cooks Mills Illinois,,,,Not even close to Chicago Posts: 47	Thanks, I guess it wasn't as old as I thought........1954........just a couple of years older than me !!! lot's of life left in it !!! __________________ I'll puke if the jukebox plays John Couger one more time......:barf:

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search

February 6, 2010, 11:38 AM	#3
zippy13 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: SoCal Posts: 6,442	"Very old" is pretty relative when discussing A-5s. Most folks think of pre-WWII as the old ones. Yours, with a seven digit serial number puts in the mid-50s to mid-60s period. The "H" means it's a standard weight and "28071" puts it in the 1954-55 run. Click here to link to the Browning site.