Final Chapter................. I just got off the phone with Ryan Skidmore, Historian at Browning. When I first spoke with him in early October, he...
He's new to the job. Just took over this past Monday. He said he spends about 80% of his time in Customer Service and 20% as the historian, at...
Spoke to the new Browning Historian, Ryan Skidmore, this morning. I explained the Serial Number confusion we've encountered. I told him I thought a...
I would agree........except for the "Editors" note at the end of the article which was published in the Browning Collectors Newsletter. He says...
Don..............i think you've "cracked the case"!!! Read the article from the Browning Collectors Newsletter posted as picture #15 of the gun...
I'm going to go ahead with a letter on mine for the same reason I spent $100 to letter my Colt. I knew I would get zero exciting info but at least...
Don....................OK, I called Browning and here's what I learned. As we suspected, the number stamped on the face of the receiver is the gun's...
will do! thanks!
The only answer I've even gotten was from the dealer who sold me the gun. I ran into him at a later gun show. He's quite knowledgeable so unless I...
As you know, the gun "breaks" into two pieces. The separation point is between the receiver and the barrel. For simplicity I'll call them the...
except both numbers appear on the "stock piece" of the gun, one on the butt and the other stamped on the face of the receiver. there are no numbers...
I posted this months ago but it didn't draw any responses. Thought I'd give it another try. "I purchased a Browning SA-22 at a gun show this past...
[ My SA-22 built in 1959 I believe, has a "D" shaped metal ring on the end of the magazine tube. The ring makes it a snap to remove the tube. Don't...
I purchased a Browning SA-22 at a gun show this past weekend. Based on the S/N, the gun was built in Belgium around 1959. Something odd however. I...
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