Jed, I looked at the Browning date of manufacture book in school today and the best that I can tell with out the entire serial number was it was made in 1959 and is a magnum gun. Brownings serial numbers are a lttle screwey.

If you feel like it PM me the entire serial number and I will check the whole thing at school tomorow and post my findings when I get home at about 5:00 mountain time.