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Date Historic Information Serial Number Info 1973-75 In 1969 Browning started using two digits for the date of manufacture which was followed by one of the following codes: H=12 ga. Later the code was changed to J=both gauges This was then followed by the serial number beginning with 00001.
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Example: 00001H37 = A 1973 Citori 12 ga. Shotgun with a serial number of 00001. Later the code was changed to J=both gauges 37=19 1976-1997 In 1975 Browning standardized its serial number identification which it follows to the present day. Serial Number beginning with 01001 at the start of each year. 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. Citori Type A13=12 ga.
Superlight 153=12 ga. 3' JB3=12 ga. Skeet J43=12 ga. Trap J63=20 ga.
3' JC3=20 ga. Skeet 103=12 ga. 3 1/2' Gr.1 Hunting 153=12 ga.
3' Gr.1 Hunting 163=20ga. 3' Gr.1 Lightning 253=12 ga. 3' Gran Lighting 853=12 ga. 3' Gr.3 Lightning 953=12 ga. 3' Gr.6 Lightning 863=20 ga. 3' Gr.3 Lightning 963=20 ga. 3' Gr.6 Lightning H33=20 ga.
2 3/4' Gr.1 Micro Lightning 773=28 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.1 Lightning 273=28 ga.
2 3/4' Gran Lightning 873=28 ga. Gr.3 Lightning 973=28 ga. Gr.6 Lightning 783=.410 3' Gr.1 Lightning 283=.410 3' Gran Lightning 883=.410 3' Gr.3 Lightning 983=.410 3' Gr.6 Lightning A13=12 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.1 Superlight M13=12 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.3 Superlight F13=12 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.6 Superlight A33=20 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.1 Superlight M33=20 ga.
2 3/4' Gr.3 Superlight F33=20 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.6 Superlight A73=28 ga. 3' Gr.1 Superlight M73=28 ga. 3' Gr.3 Superlight F73=28 ga.
3' Gr.6 Superlight A83=.410 3' Gr.1 Superlight M83=.410 3' Gr.3 Superlight F83=.410 3' Gr.6 Superlight B13=12 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.1 Upland Sp B33=20 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.1 Upland Sp K13=12 ga. 425 K33=20 ga. 425 L13=12 ga. 2 3/4' 802 ES Sporter D13= 12 ga.
2 3/4' Ultra Sporter T13=12 ga. 2 3/4' Special Sporting W53=12 ga. 3' Lightning Sporting T43=12 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.1 Special Trap U43=12 ga.
2 3/4' Gr.3 Special Trap V43=12 ga. 2 3/4' Golden Clays Special Trap (adj comb) T93=12 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.1 Special Trap (adj comb) U93=12 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.3 Special Trap (adj comb) V93=12 ga.
2 3/4' Golden Clays Special Trap (adj comb) TB3=12 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.1 Special Skeet UB3=12 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.3 Special Skeet VB3=12 ga. 2 3/4' Golden Clays Special Skeet TC3=20 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.1 Special Skeet UC3=20 ga.
2 3/4' Gr.3 Special Skeet VC3=20 ga. 2 3/4' Golden Clays Special Skeet TE3=28 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.1 Special Skeet UE3=28 ga. 2 3/4' Gr.3 Special Skeet VE3=28 ga. 2 3/4' Golden Clays Special Skeet TF3=.410 2 3/4' Gr.1 Special Skeet UF3=.410 2 3/4' Gr.3 Special Skeet VF3=.410 2 3/4' Golden Clays Special Skeet Serial Number Example: 1000RT153 This would be a Citori 12 ga. 3' Gr.1 Hunting, manufactured in 1976 with the serial number 01001. 1999 - Now In 1998 Browning redid the standardization of its serial number identifications to work with its new database program, Oracle.
Serial Number beginning with 01001 at the start of each year. 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. Citori Type 131=All Citori Shotguns Serial Number Example: 01001NN131 This would be a Citori Shotgun, manufactured in 1999 with the serial number 01001.
I have just bought a Stevens Model 311 double for my collection. Other Stevens-made doubles I own have ‘plain’ serial numbers, none over five digits, on the frame, barrels and fore end. This one has a capital letter C prefix ahead of a six digit number and it appears only on the left side of the frame. Do you know the significance of this C letter prefix? Can I determine the date of manufacture from this letter? Do letter prefixes occur on other versions of the Stevens 311? I have seen Stevens 311s with no serial numbers at all.
Can you make some sense out of Savage/Stevens/Fox/Springfield serial number usage that will help me to date my doubles and clue me in on important variations? Can you tell me what the letter prefixes mean? Does it give me a clue to the correct Model designation? I am confused. The short answer is yes, but it would take more space than Gun Digest can give us for this Q&A column to give you complete answers.
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For now I can tell you, sticking to doubles only, that: 1. Stevens used plain numbers from their first double in 1878 until 1913. From October 1968 to March 1988 Savage/Stevens/Fox B doubles are serial numbered in a completely new serial number range beginning at A000001. The six digit (always) numbers, stamped only on the left side of the frame, not on the barrels or fore end or on the wood, are preceded by capital letters from A to E.
The letters do not correlate to production years. The letter prefix accompanied the Savage/Stevens/FoxB/Springfield serial number on every gun they made from 1968 on. Beginning about 1978 numbers 1 to 20 were also stamped on the three major components, frame,barrels and fore end iron, to enable the factory to keep 20 guns of like model together in a group for packing in the standard 20 gun shipping carton. Yours is one of these. Since I am interested only in double guns I stopped looking for numbers on Savage’Stevens doubles after 1988 because that’s the year they shipped their last ‘Stevens Model 311′. The highest number I have seen was on 20 gauge Stevens Model 311 Series H serial number E957971.
The Savage branded imported doubles, over and unders or side by sides, are numbered differently. Each model is numbered in the range created by its manufacturer.
As you probably have heard, Savage/Stevens’ production records on their older models were destroyed in a sprinkler accident about 35 years ago, according to officers of the company. To calculate an approximate number of ‘Stevens Model 311s’ that were made from 1968 to 1988 you could do this math exercise. Since Savage used 5 letters (A to E), each on 999,999 guns, they must have made about 5 million guns. Perhaps 40% were doubles in the various Savage Brands and Private Brands. That makes 2 million doubles of which I estimate 80% were Stevens 311’s. And that’s not counting production before 1968. No wonder the “311” in its various variations is the all time favorite American made double.
And think how many Stevens 311s ( and Stevens made doubles that looked like Stevens 311s but carried private brands) had already been produced in the years between 1940 (first year of the ‘true’ Stevens Model 311) and 1968, during which time they weren’t serial numbered at all! There must be at least 4 million Stevens Model 311s, in one form or another, out there!