![]() ![]() They planned on using just the serial numbers to tell when the gun was manufactured. They however continued to mark the date code on the end flap of the shipping box for shotgun barrels however. (*) On 8/9/99, they stopped stamping the barrels with the date code. And the F again being an assembly number. Here the first (LH) mark is the final inspector mark, the O represents July, the R would be 1968. The fourth digit being a 3 is inconsequential being an assembly number. Here the R represents November, & the ZZ would be 1953. The one on the right again a 30-06, but with a shorter barrel that I made into a knock around quad rifle with pivot mounts. ![]() This has been rebored to a 35 Whelen Improved. Both were taken off Remington 760s, with the one on the left, a 30-06 that I bought new October 10, 1954. ![]() The factory says all barrels are date code stamped, well I have found some that are not, or if they are, are so erratic stamping that trying to decipher them is impossible. The above information was taken from Remington's own information sheet, so if your gun may not conform, then I am also at a loss in explaining. The anchor shown here with the date code is just a symbol, as many different inspector marks will be seen With the whole list shown here ONLY if it had been returned for repairs Stamped on LH top rear of barrel, 2 or 3 digit, (month first, year after) these will normally only be the last letters as seen below, Then if the gun is ever subsequently returned to a warranty center or the factory by ANYONE, they will refuse to work on it as an unsafe firearm. If a gun is returned to the factory as a fire damaged, or blown up firearm, the factory will stamp it as a prefix to their date code with a #4 on the barrel and return it un-repaired. On the RH side of the barrel will be a Magnaflux, Remington proof & a test mark #2 Part order barrel (not originally assembled to firearm) The following will only be stamped where applicable Kind of a bummer because this gun is in great shape other than that and a few small blemishes.Remington never (*) used serial numbers to identify the date of manufacture of it's firearms, they however stamped a date code (spelled out below) by the first letter meaning the month and the last letter the year of manufacture.īARREL DATE CODE - stamped exposed on LH top rear of barrel after 1920 I’m buying the gun from him regardless, can’t pass it up.but the only bad thing is whoever owned it before him sawed the barrel down and did a crappy job. I’m confused?! Any thoughts from those of you with more experience? I forgot to take a picture of the barrel.next time I’m over at my buddies, I’ll have to do that. According to the charts I’ve found on here, that puts it at an October 1942 build date (MM being ‘42)? I thought that was pretty awesome and a rare find, so I reached out to Remington to confirm it and they are saying that my serial number puts it as a 1950 model.but then the guy said only the first two letters on the barrel determine the actual manufacture date, but this barrel clearly has an E, than a space, and then MM together.which according to the chart is 1942? So I have three letters.not two? Also, there is no letter prefix before the serial number. New to the forum and to shotguns, so I have been learning a lot lately! Have a friend selling a Wingmaster and we started doing some research on when it was manufactured.īarrel stamp is E MM and it has the receiver serial number (which matches) stamped on the barrel as well, which tells me it’s definitely an older gun. ![]()
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