![]() The actual manufacturer's websites - like those of Marlin, Browning, Colt, Beretta, and likely others - while providing some information, often contain erroneous data or are incomplete for older guns before a certain manufacture date. One of the reasons I started this thread was in the hopes that eventually a lot of people would provide links to various websites and/or other forum threads/lists that are frequented by collectors of various makes of guns. So, please post the links to the ones you find most useful, and/or let us know which reference books are great sources for this type of information! ![]() Has Browning, some Colt, Winchester, and some military info/links:Ĭolt's Website (seems to have lots of missing serial numbers?)īrowning (this is different from the one accessed through ): I'll start by listing the ones I have so far: ![]() (I tried the search function and did not see this done already, although I did find some info in various threads which referenced a few individual sources of this type of information.) So, I was hoping the knowledgeable folks here would add to this thread with whatever web sources - or even reference books - they use to determine firearm date of manufacture. We have also seen markings where roman and numerical figures are combined, for example XX 8 instead of the listed XXVIII for year 1972.I was hoping to get the various web (or other) sources of firearm "date of manufacture by serial number" gathered together in one place for future reference, as I think it would be a really useful thread for all of us with collector interest. In some cases the actual date was stamped instead of these marks, this is normally seen on older pistols. You may need to remove the barrel to read the mark. Shotguns have this mark stamped on the barrel near the chamber. ![]() For recent pistols this mark is usually located on the frame near the trigger guard, for older pistols, the mark is on the slide or on the frame behind the grip area. The chart below is used to identify the year by this mark. ![]() Beretta firearms produced in Italy carry a proof mark for the year of production. ![]()
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