If it’s a 12 gauge, yes. A 16 with that number would be around 1912. http://www.nramuseum.org/media/940941/serialization-date of manufacture.pdf
Thanks for confirming that Rudolph. Know your somewhat knowledgeable on these old ones from your sticky on top Stumbled onto old straight stock 12 ga up for sale Think it has been modified or played with as has wrong front trigger guard safety but the right straight thin trigger. Doesn’t have the model 11 type inside the guard as it shold
The sticky and detail up top been very useful. Even though barrel is old , plain and looks the part it’s got the cut out in the extension which also raises eyebrows to not being right.
To really learn about the really early guns, check out this thread on Shotgunworld: https://www.shotgunworld.com/threads/timeline-for-the-browning-auto-5-1903-1940.216472/ Unfortunately some of the drawings are missing from their proper place. But I had copied them so I put them back, though on page 27. But here’s the one you’re interested in:
Thanks very helpful. Those drawings answer the puzzle . It has type 2 safety but not retrofitted for mag cutoff . I will keep digging.
That’s a very interesting gun you have, Auzzie. I’ve never seen a Type 2 safety. You can see that modifications came rapidly in the first few years. But by 1909 the pattern was set, with few changes all the way to 1958. The curvature of the trigger changed a couple of times. And of course the cross bolt safety in 1951. But in ‘58 a lot of internal parts changed.
Read the info recommended on S.W Lots of good data got digested from there. Interestingly on this example the bolt punch hole is actually forward towards the cartridge stop which doesn’t fit the timeline but everything else inc serial does according to drawing. Possibly some intermingling of parts did happened in those very early years as Sauerfin eluded too. Obviously what I am learning is things are not quite clean cut when dealing with the early models.
