I just bought a strange Browning BPS

shootist · Post by **shootist** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 11:23 am

I just picked up my BPS. The sticker says:

BPS pump shotgun
model: Field
gauge: 12
Chamber: 3 1/2"
Choke: Invector
Barrel: 26"
Rib: Vent.

Serial number is 19797 NW 121

The barrel says:

INVECTOR - PLUS BPS SPECIAL STEEL 12 GA - 2 3/4" - 3" AND 3 1/2" FIELD - 26"

I tried to take a pic with my digital camera, bump it wont focus good enough to read the sticker or the writing on the barrel.

Am I reading the serial number right when I say it was made in '04? I still wonder why the blue steel and wood model isn't listed on their site with a 3.5" chamber.

AHGSP · Post by **AHGSP** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:18 pm

Is it NW121 or MW121? If it is NW, then the date is 1994 according to this link.

http://www.browning.com/services/dategu ... .asp?id=25

According to that, it is older than '98 when they changed the Serial #'s, yet there is no 121 product code for prior to '98. Non-catalogued??

Now if it is MW, then it would be '04. It does say that all 3 versions used the 121 product code, which I believe includes Blued in the "Game" version.

Sorry, I can't help you out anymore than that.

shootist · Post by **shootist** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 11:41 am

AHGSP wrote:Is it NW121 or MW121?

Just double checked. It is MW.