The letter prefix is somewhat helpful in at least coming up with about a 5-year range of manufacturing dates. So, in summary, my personal belief is that the serial numbers are kind of meaningless in relation to the process of dating them. So, obviously, that action had been made years earlier than when it had the barrel attached and finished. 280 Remington with a different designation) with a barrel date code of January of 1980 (consistent with the sales date range of that caliber), but the serial number (A3201XXX) is lower than a Model 700 with a barrel date code of March 1978 and serial number of A6589XXX that I have. (their idiotic attempt to reintroduce the. For an example, I have a Model 700 BDL in 7mm Exp. I've personally seen and others have reported that actions can lay around for some years before having barrels attached. The barrel date codes are the most accurate to determine when they were made. I've never seen one or seen a reference to any that may exist. Do you know of a link to serial number dates? I trust your knowledge, but would still be interested in seeing a "list." Remington discontinued stamping barrels with a date code on 8/9/99, the date code was added again on 10/1/01.īarrels made between 8/9/99 and 10/1/01 do not have codes.Rocky Bleier wrote:You're correct, it is on the action.In some cases, only partial date codes were marked.This means that in some cases, you will have to decide which date is correct based The code letters were reused and may indicate one or more possible dates.The first letter identifes the month, the
Two or three letter code on the left side of the barrel identifies the When used to date Remington shotguns, where the barrel can easily be changed, make sure the barrel is original to the shotgun.įor example "BL" would be January of 1920, and "CWW" would be April of 1950. The Firearms Identification Code information is reliable when used to identify the month and year of manufacture of Remington rifles because Remington seldom replaced barrels. The first letter of the code identifes the month, the other letter(s) identify the year.
Remington made use of a two or three letter Firearms Identification Code that can be located on the left side of the barrel, just ahead of the frame.
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