deadin
US Veteran
Anybody here up on Brownings??
I just obtained what I believe to be a very early SA-22 made by Miroku for Browning. (It included the box, unfortunately not matching)
I don’t plan ever owning another Browning, so I don’t feel like paying the $ to join their website/forum….. Anyway, my questions are as follows:
Rifle serial number list for the Mirouku SA22’s is as shown..
My SA22’s serial is as follows:
As you can see, it doesn’t quite follow the printed format. Is it the 266th gun made in 1973 or what? If so, it is quite early. If not, what is the translation? (I have no idea about the double struck “7”.)
Next comes the box… It appears to be an excess Belgian box that has been overstamped with “Japan”. (I can understand using surplus boxes early on in production.) What I can’t figure out is the serial number shown before the “T”?
If the numbers were supposed to start over at 1000 each year, Miroku sure made a lot if .22 LR’s in 1974…..
I just obtained what I believe to be a very early SA-22 made by Miroku for Browning. (It included the box, unfortunately not matching)
I don’t plan ever owning another Browning, so I don’t feel like paying the $ to join their website/forum….. Anyway, my questions are as follows:
Rifle serial number list for the Mirouku SA22’s is as shown..
My SA22’s serial is as follows:
As you can see, it doesn’t quite follow the printed format. Is it the 266th gun made in 1973 or what? If so, it is quite early. If not, what is the translation? (I have no idea about the double struck “7”.)
Next comes the box… It appears to be an excess Belgian box that has been overstamped with “Japan”. (I can understand using surplus boxes early on in production.) What I can’t figure out is the serial number shown before the “T”?
If the numbers were supposed to start over at 1000 each year, Miroku sure made a lot if .22 LR’s in 1974…..
