Hi,
I am currently considering buying another Browning semi-auto 22 takedown.
The serial number of the one I have is xxxxxT47. I am in contact with 3 different people, none of whom are selling on an auction site, that have one of these rifles to sell.
Every one of them has a serial number or xxxxxT47. This can't be a coincidence.
I read that Miroku, the Japanese manu. for Browning starting in 1974 was not very consistent in assigning serial numbers and the T47 almost surely means mine was made in 1974, the manufacture date being reversed to "47" instead of "74" for some reason.
My question is why are there so many "T47" rifles out there? Did they just make a ton of them in 1974? "T47" serial numbers seem to be very common on GB and other auction forums too!
Finding all these "T47" serial numbers just strikes me as strange.
Thanks,
Mike
I am currently considering buying another Browning semi-auto 22 takedown.
The serial number of the one I have is xxxxxT47. I am in contact with 3 different people, none of whom are selling on an auction site, that have one of these rifles to sell.
Every one of them has a serial number or xxxxxT47. This can't be a coincidence.
I read that Miroku, the Japanese manu. for Browning starting in 1974 was not very consistent in assigning serial numbers and the T47 almost surely means mine was made in 1974, the manufacture date being reversed to "47" instead of "74" for some reason.
My question is why are there so many "T47" rifles out there? Did they just make a ton of them in 1974? "T47" serial numbers seem to be very common on GB and other auction forums too!
Finding all these "T47" serial numbers just strikes me as strange.
Thanks,
Mike
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