Locating your serial number The true complete serial number of the Citori can only be found underneath of the TOP LEVER. All other numbers represent production sequence only and are used by the factory to denote what barrel set is paired with an individual receiver. See figure 1-A to locate the top lever on your firearm. The serial number is 35,xxx. The barrel has the 'BROWNING AUTOMATIC ARMS CO. OGDEN UTAH-U.S.A' mark on it. The serial number, according to browning, means that it was made sometime between 1901 and 1939. According to Browning, the barrel stamp indicates that. Browning Serial Number Online Guide. Browning A5 serial decode please - Shooters Forum shootersforum.com just aquired a 16ga round knob a5 w/ the one letter 4 digit serial number x (####) on the shell well. The matching serial number is on the barrel.

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I'm trying to do some research, and I'm not having much luck.
I have a very lightly used Colt M4 Monolithic (LE6940). When I purchased it in the March of 2009, the dealer made a big deal that it was from one of the first crates of these guns shipped out of Colt, so I should be very careful to take care of it, and to keep all the boxes, etc. I did save all of the original box and packing, and I recently noticed that even the inner plastic bag has the serial number of the gun on it!
I never did use the gun very much, perhaps a few hundred rounds. I've had someone tell me it's in 98% or better condition. At this point I'm thinking of trying some clays, so I'm trying to do some research into what I could sell it for and convert some $$ from this into a nice Browning Citori 725.
The thing is, no matter how I try, when I try to enter the guns serial number into the Colt website it always comes up 'not found'! The serial number is basically LE048xxx. I can only get any results if I enter 48xxx (without the LE0) into the Colt website, but then I see some very old guns.
Does anyone know why the serial number isn't found on the Colt website?
This review does state that it was first released in 2009:
Colt LE6940 Carbine
So the above review loosely validates that I did get an early version of the gun, but it's hard to know how 'early' mine is considering I picked it up in March. It does have the 'Restricted for Military/Government Law Enforcement Use Only' roll stamp, which I understand that they later removed.
Without sending Colt money for an official 'Colt Statement of Origin' via their 'Archive Services' does anyone know a way to find out where my serial number stands so I can validate if I indeed do have 'one of the first ones'?
I know that the chances of finding a collector that wants this particular gun is probably rare anyway, but it might get me a bit more $$$ in a sale if I could validate it, so I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. Or if it is from 'the first crate', perhaps it does have a lot more value than others (how many does Colt put in a crate anyway)?
Thanks for sharing any insight you may have!
Rich

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