Darius Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Hello everyone, lm in emergency situation and need to know what year is my shotgun? it is a lanber 2086 and its serial number is: 13030159110. l search a lot in internet and could ot find my answer. Thanks in advance! Regards, Darius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fil Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 For Spanish built guns up until 94 there is a letter code as part of the proof marks. there will be a letter next to a number. After 94 the date is the last two numbers of the four part serial number. I have owned no less than 5 of the early Lanbers and have a lot of spares. I still own a one off custom Lanber (my first) that I refiled the action, and re ribbed the barrels including Purdey fore end fins during lunch breaks when I was at H&H. Great guns. Sadly spares pretty much obsolete. A couple of specialist suppliers still have some. None at GMK anymore. Sorry I'm waffling but someone mentioned Lanber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windswept Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 Date information is at the bottom of this page: http://www.shotguns.se/html/spain.html I would assume 2010? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted November 18, 2020 Report Share Posted November 18, 2020 24 minutes ago, Fil said: For Spanish built guns up until 94 there is a letter code as part of the proof marks. there will be a letter next to a number. After 94 the date is the last two numbers of the four part serial number. I have owned no less than 5 of the early Lanbers and have a lot of spares. I still own a one off custom Lanber (my first) that I refiled the action, and re ribbed the barrels including Purdey fore end fins during lunch breaks when I was at H&H. Great guns. Sadly spares pretty much obsolete. A couple of specialist suppliers still have some. None at GMK anymore. Sorry I'm waffling but someone mentioned Lanber. i know a certain well known gunmaker.....who ...in his show room had Lanber's.....he was tickled pink with them and the price...they flew off the shelves and never came back.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fil Posted November 19, 2020 Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 12 hours ago, Windswept said: Date information is at the bottom of this page: http://www.shotguns.se/html/spain.html I would assume 2010? That's right. Assuming he has left off the 12-76 off the end of the numbers given. So 13030159110 would be stamped 13-03-01591-10-12-76 on his gun. 13 is the maker (Lanber), 03 is the type of gun(shotgun), 01591 is the gun number, 10 is the year of manufacture (2010) and the last two are obviously 12 bore 76mm chambers. Earlier Lanbers had a serial number followed by 12-70 as in those days they were 70mm chambers and no requirement for makers code, country of origin code or year of manufacture incorporated into the numbering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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