How to identify year of making

[srkhan]

How can i identify a shotgun making year from some code written under barrel.

[TwoRivers]

Your best chance would be to write the manufacturer, giving a description of the gun and its serial number. The "code" you are referring to are proof marks, and dimensional information. No date code.

[Vineet]

Can't say about imported guns but most of the Indian made guns have a custom of mentioning the manufacturing year in the gun's serial number.

For eg. I have Modern o/u and it's serial no. is 30895-08. '08' denotes the year in which it was manufactured.
My father-in-law has an Indian made gun and it's serial no. is 12354-91. It was made in '1991'.
My father has a gun whose serial no. is 8100006. It was made in '81'

From the pics you have posted I can see 92 written at the end of the serial no. therefore chances are that your gun may have been manufactured in 1992. But as I said I am not 100% sure for imported guns.

Hope this helps...

[BowMan]

Let us know the manufacturer first.

[perfectionist1]

For sure this is not a British gun, since it does not comply to the proof marking law.


Cheers....