Question on Remington serial #s - The Firearms Forum

rocklinskier · 09-07-2009, 10:29 AM

Need a little clarification:

On Rem rifle and shotgun models, there is a 3 letter date code on the barrel. Here is my question,

The first letter is the Month code

Is second letter is the Year code ? and if so,

What does the third letter represent?

Thanks

Hammerslagger · 09-07-2009, 10:52 AM

If the third character matches the second, it is a year code from 1943 to 53.

Since its a long link, I suggest that you type in "Remington date codes" from Yahoo or Google, and you will find more detailed info.

rocklinskier · 09-07-2009, 01:20 PM

HS,
Yeah, I had found the links you mentioned, and there are a few years where they use a "MM" , "RR" or similar, but the guns I own are definitely later than that. I am fairly certain one is '65 (L M Q) and the other a '73 (A X R)...but was just mostly curious whether the third letter had any signifigance. Except for the guns in the '43 - '53 catagory having double letter codes, there does not seem to be any info on the signifigance of the third letter.

09-07-2009, 10:29 AM	#1
rocklinskier V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 295	Question on Remington serial #s Need a little clarification: On Rem rifle and shotgun models, there is a 3 letter date code on the barrel. Here is my question, The first letter is the Month code Is second letter is the Year code ? and if so, What does the third letter represent? Thanks -->

09-07-2009, 10:52 AM	#2
Hammerslagger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,099	Re: Question on Remington serial #s If the third character matches the second, it is a year code from 1943 to 53. Since its a long link, I suggest that you type in "Remington date codes" from Yahoo or Google, and you will find more detailed info.

09-07-2009, 01:20 PM	#3
rocklinskier V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 295	Re: Question on Remington serial #s HS, Yeah, I had found the links you mentioned, and there are a few years where they use a "MM" , "RR" or similar, but the guns I own are definitely later than that. I am fairly certain one is '65 (L M Q) and the other a '73 (A X R)...but was just mostly curious whether the third letter had any signifigance. Except for the guns in the '43 - '53 catagory having double letter codes, there does not seem to be any info on the signifigance of the third letter.