Remington Barrel Date Code FIREARMS INFORMATION 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. BARREL DATE CODE - stamped exposed on LH top rear of barrel after 1920 the following will only be stamped where applicable #2 Part order barrel (not originally assembled to firearm) #3 Service section received #4 Return as received #5 Employee sale R.E.P. On the RH side of the barrel will be a Magnaflux, RemingtonĀ proof & a testĀ mark 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.
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. REMINGTON MANUFACTURING DATE CODE 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, with the whole list shown here ONLY if it had been returned for repairs The anchor shown here with the date code is just a symbol, as many different inspector marks will be seen 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 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 photos below may help a bit. Both were taken off Remington 760s, with the one on the left, a 30-06 that I bought new October 10, 1954. This has been rebored to a 35 Whelen Improved.
Example of an actual barrel date code - EJ - stamped on a Remington model 700 variant made in October 1989. They are located on the left side of the barrel, just ahead of the receiver. If a specific Remington firearm has a serial number, Remington Customer. Robert S.: My Targetmaster 510 has a J4 stamp on it. There are no serial numbers on the model 510s. Serial numbers weren't required until 1968 the model 510 was last produced in 1962.
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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. Here the R represents November, & the ZZ would be 1953. The fourth digit being a 3 is inconsequential being an assembly number. There is no inspector mark on this side.
Here the first (LH) mark is the final inspector mark, the O represents July, the R would be 1968. And the F again being an assembly number. JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC B L A C K P O W D E R X 1920 = L 1930 = Y 1940 = J 1950 = WW 1921 = M 1931 = Z 1941 = K 1951 = XX 1922 = N 1932 = A 1942 = L 1952 = YY 1923 = P 1933 = B 1943 = MM 1953 = ZZ 1924 = R 1934 = C 1944 = NN 1954 = A (JAN.
I recently inherited a bunch of old guns, 20 to be exact. Am trying to track down info on some of them. One is a Remington model 41 target master. Does anyone know where the serial number is found on this gun? The only number I see on it is 78, on the right side of the barrel just in front of the receiver. Has AF stamped on the left side, which apparently means this gun was made in march of 37? Thx in advance for any help, I am sure I will be back with many more questions as I sort through these guns.
Great site too btw. Welcome to the forum Smallmouth1. There's not a serial number on that gun, Remington didn't start putting serial numbers on their 22's until October of 1967 to comply with new laws starting in 1968. 1937 is the correct date of manufacture though. Remington made about 307,000 of the Model 41's in several variations between 1936 and 1939. They were chambered in 22 short, 22 Long, 22 Long Rifle, single shot bolt action.
The Models were 41, 41A, 41PS, 41AS and 41SB, Model 41a Smooth Bore. Congrats on all the new guns you have received and good luck.
Also there's a website called Remington Society of America with lots of info.