Trying to identify the year of this Browning skeet 12 gauge

massivevivid · June 18, 2015, 06:26 PM

I know it is a Browning 12 gauge skeet gun. That is all I know for sure. Any help would be very much appreciated. I would also like to know what I should pay for it.

FITASC · June 18, 2015, 06:56 PM

See if either of these help:

http://proofhouse.com/browning/index.html

http://www.browning.com/customerserv...egun/index.asp

massivevivid · June 18, 2015, 07:04 PM

I appreciate the information. Sadly, I have yet to be able to locate the serial number in any database. I think it is a Browning Maxus, but I am really not certain.

FITASC · June 18, 2015, 08:16 PM

With that cut on the left side, I thought it might be a twelvette

http://www.gunsamerica.com/955272517...vette-12ga.htm

Quote:

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.

Jim Watson · June 19, 2015, 09:14 AM

It is certainly a Double Automatic. The serial number shown does not fit the scheme on the Browning site, but that is not unusual. It might mean it was made in 1955-1957 or it might mean their chart is not always right.

I can't put a dollar value on it, but it looks pretty beat up and rusty.
Have you shot it?

BigJimP · June 20, 2015, 10:21 AM

Beat up and rusty..../ ..... there are too many other options out there for much better used guns than this one...

( the Maxus model you mentioned, is only about 6 or 7 yrs old ...this gun is way older )...and I assume has a fixed choke barrel...

I'd suggest you pass on it - at any price / unless you need the parts for another gun of the same model --- and then $100 maybe...

massivevivid · June 28, 2015, 04:07 PM

These pictures were in terrible lighting. The gun itself is in really great shape, honestly. Not really any rust that I could see, and the barrel is solid. It actually has a lot of the original bluing as well.

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June 18, 2015, 07:04 PM	#3
massivevivid Junior Member Join Date: June 13, 2015 Posts: 3	I appreciate the information. Sadly, I have yet to be able to locate the serial number in any database. I think it is a Browning Maxus, but I am really not certain.

June 19, 2015, 09:14 AM	#5
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,539	It is certainly a Double Automatic. The serial number shown does not fit the scheme on the Browning site, but that is not unusual. It might mean it was made in 1955-1957 or it might mean their chart is not always right. I can't put a dollar value on it, but it looks pretty beat up and rusty. Have you shot it?

June 20, 2015, 10:21 AM	#6
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	Beat up and rusty..../ ..... there are too many other options out there for much better used guns than this one... ( the Maxus model you mentioned, is only about 6 or 7 yrs old ...this gun is way older )...and I assume has a fixed choke barrel... I'd suggest you pass on it - at any price / unless you need the parts for another gun of the same model --- and then $100 maybe...

June 28, 2015, 04:07 PM	#7
massivevivid Junior Member Join Date: June 13, 2015 Posts: 3	These pictures were in terrible lighting. The gun itself is in really great shape, honestly. Not really any rust that I could see, and the barrel is solid. It actually has a lot of the original bluing as well.