![]() ![]() They resumed stamping the date code on the barrel on 10/1/01. They continued to mark the date code on the end flap of the shipping box. (*) On 8/9/99, stopped stamping the barrels with the date code. One needs to be sure that the barrel is original to the gun before trusting the Barrel Code listing, above. Using these barrel codes to date a shotgun is somewhat unreliable, as shotgun barrels are often interchanged at random. Using barrel codes (such as those listed above) to date the manufacture are reliable on Remington rifles, as the company rarely changed barrels on a customer's rifle. I have an 870 Wingmaster in excellent condition w/a 28', Modified choked barrel that has a 2-3/4' chamber. H - 1961 J - 1962 K - 1963 L - 1964 M - 1965 Here is some information that you can get from you serial number after 1921 Remingtons manufactured after 1921 have a code located on the left side of the barrel near the frame that identifies the year and month of manufacture. O - Jul W - Aug D - Sep E - Oct R - Nov X - Dec Serial Numbers by date (factory record book)ī - Jan L - Feb A - Mar C - Apr K - May P - Jun The following letters correspond to the months of the year, for example B=January, L= February and so on:ī - L - A - C - K - P - O - W - D - E - R - X Remingtons manufactured after 1921 have a code located on the left side of the barrel near the frame that identifies the year and month of manufacture. Remingtion firearms manufactured after 1921 The following serial number information is for No need to place a ser# on a bbl if it has no number on a frame to match it up too.OK, I was able to copy and paste.here it is The number under the bbl code stamping is a matching ser# to what would have been the frame ser# at the time the gun was made and proofed at the factory. I supposed more than a few frames & parts left the back door of the Illion Works in lunch bags and under coats.Ī heavy refinish on the frame may have removed it too. Model 10, Model 29, 17, 31, 11,all their repeating shotguns were always serial numbered. It should be ser#'d, that's the way they were mfg'd. Maybe the bottom of the frame just ahead of the carrier. The frame ser# on the early guns may be on the front edge flat of the frame like the early Ithaca 37's, Or perhaps the lower canted edge next to the trigger group. None of which are to be confused with the BBl code in looking up a mfg date. Several different Suffix letters to denote grades, magnum frame, ect were also used. Not T1970 if the barrel code was reversed, as you observed that T does not appear in 'BLACKPOWDERX'. That till about '74 or so then I loose track what prefix it was changed to. A search finds that Lou Rockwell has written, 'By 1966, the company had sold one million 870 shotguns.' (Per Wikipedia, Remington reached two million 870 guns by 1973.) So 1966-1967 is about when your gun was manufactured. Those made at the start of the 68 Law and forward used a 'S' prefix letter to the ser#,A letter prefixed ser# for each model mfg'd was a demand of the new law in '68. Ser#'s on 870/Wingmasters made before the '68GCA have no prefix letter,just a number. The 68GCA brought them all on board in the requirement. (Center fire rifles and all handguns required ser#'s before '68GCA) ![]() Remington always ser#'d the Wingmaster/870.Įven though pre 1968 Fed Law didn't req mfg'rs to ser# shotguns (or 22rf cal long guns),many mfg'rs chose to do so anyway.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |