#REMINGTON 700 IDENTIFICATION SERIAL NUMBER CODE#

* the years 1943 though 1953 had double letters: ie, MM = 1943Īs maybe seen, the year code letters duplicate some knowledge of when the model was introduced should resolve the actual year of manufacture. For shotguns with removeable barrels, the code will be valid for the manufacture of the barrel maybe for the receiver, as barrels do get switched around.Īccording to the “Blue Book of Gun Values”, the coding continues as follows:ī – L – A – C – K – P – O – W – D – E – R – Xġ – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10 – 11 – 12 Remington Year of Manufacture Codes maybe found on the barrel of your Remington rifle on the left side, just forward of the receiver the first letter of the Code is the month of manufacture, followed by one or two letters which are the year of manufacture. Information confirming the manufacturing coding used by Remington can be found online.ĭecoder is based on following information: **The first letter on your barrel is the month your firearm was manufactured the second letter is the year it was manufactured. *Please note that Remington repeats the alphabet approximately every 26 years, therefore you may see several possible manufacturing dates. Remington 870 Followers Overview (Vang Comp Systems, CDM Gear, SBE Precision, GG&G, S&J Hardware, Scattergun Technologies, Choate, Nordic)ġ0 Must Have Upgrades for Your Remington 870 Shotgun

#REMINGTON 700 IDENTIFICATION SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER#

Magazine Extensions for Remington 870 Shotgun (Nordic Components, Choate, TacStar, Remington, ATI)ġ0 Steps to Upgrade Your Remington 870 Express to Police Version Remington Model 700 Serial Number Lookup: Remington Firearms 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. No matter which model of 700 you may be dealing on I think the roughness can be dealt with quickly enough.īest of luck - what ever you decide to do - I wish I could be of more help to you.Remington 1100 Shotgun, Upgrades and Accessoriesħ Remington 870 Upgrade Ideas for Less Than $20

I have only seen the Rifle once but it looked very good to me. He further relayed that he only removed the finish from the SPS's bolt and barrel and the action lug runways were already smooth enough for his desires. So, I also guess that I disagree (but not with a lot of certainty) that the Remington SPS finish is not due to heavy bead blasting but to the applied finish itself?Īllen, I just got a return call from my friend Jack - he relayed that indeed the SPS rough finish is applied and not built in or sandblasted on! I have only owned the one SPS but am familiar with many more that belong to Varminting partners and the crude finish on these doesn't seem to hamper their accuracy or usefullness afield?

I could get the particulars on the process he himself did to the Rifle - if you are interested. I believe that Rifle was in caliber 17 Remington Fireball! My good friend Jack from Yelm, Washington bought an SPS-V some years back and simply polished off the 'rough finish' of the bolt and action and had a 'shiney' (but smooth) Remington 700 Varmint! I own a 'G' prefix Remington 700 SPS-V in caliber 22-250 Remington and the action works just fine for me. If you could look at the barrel again and get those letters I can date it for you.Īs far as I know you can not get an accurate month/date of manufacture by the serial number letter prefix? Hemiallen: Remingtons are more easily/readily 'dated' by the two letter barrel code on the left side of the Remington factory barrel.

Remington 700 identification serial number