Your Beretta Date Code will either be Roman Numerals for earlier guns or two letters for later guns. Whist this code isn’t in the same place for all guns, we hope the photos below will help you locate it.

IMAGE 1: Over and Under: Underneath the chambers.Beretta Shotgun Age Look Up

 IMAGE 2: Semi-Auto: On barrels.Beretta Shotgun Age Look Up

Prior to 1945 date codes were in Roman numerals and included the month and the last two numbers of the year, so January 1922 would be rendered IXXII.

The date codes above apply only to guns made in Italy.

I 1945
II 1946
III 1947
IV 1948
V 1949
VI 1950
VII 1951
VIII 1952
IX 1953
X 1954
XI 1955
XII 1956
XIII 1957
XIV 1958
XV 1959
XVI 1960
XVII 1961
XVIII 1962
XIX 1963
XX 1964
XXI 1965
XXII 1966
XXIII 1967
XXIV 1968
XXV 1969
XXVI 1970
XXVII 1971
XXVIII 1972
XXIX 1973
XXX 1974
AA 1975
AB 1976
AC 1977
AD 1978
AE 1979
AF 1980
AH 1981
AI 1982
AL 1983
AM 1984
AN 1985
AP 1986
AS 1987
AT 1988
AU 1989
AZ 1990
BA 1991
BB 1992
BC 1993
BD 1994
BF 1995
BH 1996
BI 1997
BL 1998
BM 1999
BN 2000
BP 2001
BS 2002
BT 2003
BU 2004
BZ 2005
CA 2006
CB 2007
CC 2008
CD 2009
CF 2010
CH 2011
CI 2012
CL 2013
CM 2014
CN 2015
CP 2016
CS 2017
CT 2018
CU 2019
DA 2021
DB 2022
DC 2023