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re: Anything I should check on a old Browning A5 before firing it?
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:31 am to REB BEER
Posted on 4/30/24 at 8:31 am to REB BEER
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What info do you have on a 68G 30024 serial number if you don’t mind?
Starting in 1968 thru 1976 Browning started using a 2 digit year code followed by either an "M" for "Standard Weight" or a "G" for "Lightweight". This was followed by the serial number.
So your 68G is a 1968 lightweight and was the 30024th made since the SN change. It's a pre-75 so it was made in Belgium by FN. The 36th edition blue book has it valued at $1525. Add 60% in 20gauge, 15% for round knob NIB condition, and 15% for blonde wood but those were made mid 60's.
Very nice gun ya got there.
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Posted on 4/30/24 at 9:53 am to JDPndahizzy
Thanks for the info. I thought the gun was a little older than that; my stepdad picked it up at an estate sale probably in the 90’s, so we really didn’t have any info about it.
Like I said earlier, I only shoot it every couple of years at skeet shoots. Other than that it’s just a pretty piece of furniture.
Eta: I took it on a pheasant hunt in SD several years ago just because it’s the nicest looking gun I have. The weather turned bad and was snowing pretty hard and it was COLD. Most of the guys with the fancy new guns couldn’t shoot because their actions were freezing up; the old A5 kept chugging along.
Like I said earlier, I only shoot it every couple of years at skeet shoots. Other than that it’s just a pretty piece of furniture.
Eta: I took it on a pheasant hunt in SD several years ago just because it’s the nicest looking gun I have. The weather turned bad and was snowing pretty hard and it was COLD. Most of the guys with the fancy new guns couldn’t shoot because their actions were freezing up; the old A5 kept chugging along.
This post was edited on 4/30/24 at 9:56 am
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