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The Remington Model 17 is a 20 gauge slide-action shotgun having barrel lengths between 26 and 32 inches. It can be taken down and is blued with a plain walnut stock. There were made between 1917 and 1933.

Retail values:

Plain barrel

Excellent: $265-$420
Very Good: $200-$235
Good: $130-$170

Solid rib

Excellent: $390-$540
Very Good: $325-$350
Good: $250-$300

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The Browning BAR High Power Rifle is a gas-operated, semi-automatic rifle chambered in a variety of cartridges, from .243 up to .338 Magnum. It has either a 22 or 24 inch barrel and a folding-leaf sight. The finish is blued with a checkered walnut stock.

Various grades were offered - differing in the quality of the materials and workmanship and the amount of ornamentation. Early guns were manufactured in Belgium by FN and later guns were assembled in Portugal with parts made by FN. The Belgium-made guns get a 15% premium over the Portuguese assembled guns.

Your gun was made in 1990, based on the supplied serial number.

Retail values for a BAR Grade I:

Excellent: $655-$870
Very Good: $480-$595
Good: $300-$390

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The Browning Auto-5 Lightweight (Light 12 and Light 20) was introduced in 12 gauge in 1947 and in 20 gauge in 1958. (The 20 gauge brings a 40% premium on the values below.) It is recoil operated semi-automatic shotgun and comes with a 26, 28, or 30 inch barrel, various chokes, has a gold-plated trigger, a checkered pistol grip stock with either a round knob before 1967 or a flat knob until 1976. Auto-5 shotguns that were made before 1976 were produced by FN.

Based on the serial number provided, your gun was made between 1902 and 1924 (records were incomplete during those years. Records do start in 1924 with serial number 3000.

Retail values:

FN Model without a vent rib

Excellent: $630-$930
Very Good: $470-$540
Good: $410-$445

FN Model with a vent rib

Excellent: $880-$1,380
Very Good: $630-$755
Good: $500-$565

If you have a Cutts or Polychoke on the gun, reduce the values above by 30%.

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One way to get the best price for that gun is to sell it using an online firearm auction sites. The advantage is that you get people bidding against each other and you can set a minimum price (called a "reserve") that you want for the gun. The bidders don't know what the reserve price is, only if it has been met or not. You will need to take some pictures of the gun so that the bidders can see exactly what they bidding on. The gun's condition and finish are important.

You can go to the auction sites and look at listings others have put up to get an idea of how to present your gun.

Here are two of the auction sites:

http://www.gunbroker.com

and

http://www.gunsamerica.com

This link explains how the auction works at gunbroker.com:

http://www.gunbroker.com/User/ToolsForSellers.aspx

A dealer is the easiest way to sell a gun, but, of course, not the one that will get you the most money.

Another option would be to use an actual auction house in your area which specializes in firearms.

Finally, you can sell your gun at a local gun show. The gun show promoter can help you with questions about complying with any state and federal laws. Most states allow the private sale of a firearm to another person as long as you have no reason to believe that person is not allowed to own a gun and that person is a resident of your state. But your state could be different, hence talking to the gun show promoter to get the information you need.

I hope this helps.

Philip