Lanber shotgun date

[steve_b_wales]

Is there a way of finding out the manufacture date of my O/U Lanber?

[team tractor]

7 hours ago, steve_b_wales said:

Is there a way of finding out the manufacture date of my O/U Lanber?

I understood it was the code under the lever . That’s what I was told with mine but I haven’t a clue . 

[Gunman]

Proof marks will tell you the year of manufacture . Year of sale may be different .

[Westward]

I have a Spanish gun from 1976 and it's stamped with the same date coding system as Italian guns.

[Croohur]

The Spanish system, as applied by the proof house in Eibar in the Basque Country is easy enough to follow. Since 1995 a number presented in blocks of digits presents the information like this:

The first two digits identify the maker (for instance, 16 is AYA, and 13 is Lanber). The second two digits identify the maker of the gun, and 03 indicates a shotgun. The next sequence of digits is the manufacturer’s serial number, and the last pair of digits is the year of manufacture (for instance, 98 indicates 1998, and 05 indicates 2005).

The serial number AFAIK gives the model and year of manufacture - mine was 13-03-0****-06-12-76
This breaks down as Makers Code - Type - Serial Number - Year of proof - Gauge - Chamber length

13 - Lanber makers code

03 - Type of firearm in this case a shotgun

Serial number - pretty obvious

Date number - last two digits of date of manufacture i.e 98=1998,99=1999 - The above number would indicate 2006

12 - 12 Gauge

76 - Length of chamber in this case 76mm (3inch)
 

The above is valid IIRC for guns made post 1998, before that the format was serial no, year, bore, chamber length I think....
If you look on the under side of the barrels you will see the spanish proof house marks, there should be a a proof house year code made up of a letter and a single number.

[steve_b_wales]

1 hour ago, Croohur said:

The Spanish system, as applied by the proof house in Eibar in the Basque Country is easy enough to follow. Since 1995 a number presented in blocks of digits presents the information like this:

The first two digits identify the maker (for instance, 16 is AYA, and 13 is Lanber). The second two digits identify the maker of the gun, and 03 indicates a shotgun. The next sequence of digits is the manufacturer’s serial number, and the last pair of digits is the year of manufacture (for instance, 98 indicates 1998, and 05 indicates 2005).

The serial number AFAIK gives the model and year of manufacture - mine was 13-03-0****-06-12-76
This breaks down as Makers Code - Type - Serial Number - Year of proof - Gauge - Chamber length

13 - Lanber makers code

03 - Type of firearm in this case a shotgun

Serial number - pretty obvious

Date number - last two digits of date of manufacture i.e 98=1998,99=1999 - The above number would indicate 2006

12 - 12 Gauge

76 - Length of chamber in this case 76mm (3inch)
 

The above is valid IIRC for guns made post 1998, before that the format was serial no, year, bore, chamber length I think....
If you look on the under side of the barrels you will see the spanish proof house marks, there should be a a proof house year code made up of a letter and a single number.

Thanks. I will check it out later.