Browning .22 Semi Take Down Value?

[imhntn]

I have a good friend here with a Browning .22 Auto Take Down that was built in the 50's and is still in the box and covered with cosmoline. Never been fired. He says it is a USA made rifle and was before they were made in Belgium. He bought it for $500 20 yrs ago. Any idea what it is worth now?

 

[Erick]

I thought they were always made in Belgium by FN.

http://www.browning.com/customerservice/dategun/detail.asp?id=5

 

[gun001guns]

I beleive the older ones are made in belgium and the new ones were made in Japen

 

[imhntn]

Looks like you are right about that. I told him and he is supposed to get the serial # checked. I told him he ought to sell it on Gunbroker but I don't know what he is going to do.

 

[O4L]

There is a Japanese SA 22 on Armslist for $750 which is way too high in my opinion.

The Belgium made Grade I Brownings usually go for around $700-$750 in very good condition. They are very sweet rifles designed by none other than John Moses Browning himself. If I remember correctly it is the last gun he designed before his death.

After fact checking I found I was wrong about his last design.

The premium priced Browning Superposed shotgun, an over-under shotgun design for the ages, was his last completed firearm design and possibly his most elegant.

Here's a little info from Browning about the SA-22. There was a .22LR and a .22 Short version.

http://www.browning.com/products/catalog/family.asp?webflag_=022B

Here are the "Blue Book" values for a Grade I Belgian Mfg. SA-22.

100% @ $800
98% @ $700
95% @ $600
90% @ $545
80% @ $440
70% @ $360
60% @ $280

 

[imhntn]

Thanks Old Phart!

 

[okietom]

I have held two of the Norinco copies that sold new for $99 and I would rather have one of them for the price.

I have a friend that I saw shoot a sparrow out of the air with one of the SA 22s. His dad had a couple of them. He could hit anything you threw into the air with them. I never knew him to shoot aspirin like I have seen trick shooters do but he was a good shot.