Browning Hi-Power DOM

redman.com1

hello, i have what i believe is a war time hi-power ser# 2411a. can anyone tell me when it was made.  thanks 

toad67

https://www.browning.com/support/date-your-firearm/hi-power-pistol.html

rufe-snow

Your 4 digit  serial number with "a" suffix, denotes manufacture in mid 1943. Per "FN Browning Pistols", by Vanderlinden.

TRAP55

Pre-war records were destroyed in WWII bombing runs. Just to make it harder, they were serialed in blocks, not sequentially, and some serial number blocks were for police units. There are ways to date them by the proof codes, or at least narrow it down to a couple of years. Scroll down to post #6 here:

https://highpowercollectors.proboards.com/thread/75/fn-high-power-date-manufacture?page=1