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BPR .22 1st year??
jyhwk
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Hi - In looking for a Browning BPR, everything I could find said 1977 was the first year of manufacture. Except the Browning site which shows 1997 to 1982 as the period of production..must be a typo.
So now I have a BPR that shows serial number 00xxxRT176. The number is less than 500 for a 1976 manufacture. A year before the official start of manufacture date. The gun shows as 99% bluing with light marks where a scope was mounted. Not dented from the mounts. Wood has 4 dings that broke the finish and they are small. Wood is 95-98% except for the dings.
Question - shoot or sell? I wanted one to shoot and bought this one at a fair price. But if it would be a good collectors piece, I'd rather sell it and buy another to shoot.
So now I have a BPR that shows serial number 00xxxRT176. The number is less than 500 for a 1976 manufacture. A year before the official start of manufacture date. The gun shows as 99% bluing with light marks where a scope was mounted. Not dented from the mounts. Wood has 4 dings that broke the finish and they are small. Wood is 95-98% except for the dings.
Question - shoot or sell? I wanted one to shoot and bought this one at a fair price. But if it would be a good collectors piece, I'd rather sell it and buy another to shoot.
Comments
Unless it was NIB, with all packing, papers etc. I don't see any Browning collector getting excited, and paying top dollar for it.
I would shoot and enjoy it. My 2?.