dating a rem 700 rifle!

[triton]

Is there a website to date remingtons on by serial # I didn't see a place on theirs! Thanks.

Dave.

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

When I was single I preferred to date girls.

There are books on gun values that probably give serial number ranges and the important identifying features.

 

[manitou210]

http://www.remingtonsociety.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=5

http://www.remington.com/

I called a 800 number at Remington and got year of production of a Model 700 I had can't remember which number I used from there site
Good Luck hope this helps

 

[Demonical]

If you send Remington an email they will reply and tell you the year of manufacture, but they won't reference the exact month, date etc...

I've done it. Fairly standard response time.

 

[tootall]

I did it by phone a while back.

 

[mr00jimbo]

yessir they have a 1-800 number to call and it takes like 2 minutes

 

[triton]

Thanks guys!

Dave.

 

[Rembo]

there are two small letters on the left side of the barrel just ahead of the recoil lug. These are the date codes telling you when the action was barreled. The serial number may give you a date a bit earlier than this as receivers are serial numbered when they are built and barreled later.

The second letter denotes the year..In 1962 they started with a J...1963 was K..etc...except they skipped I,O,Qand V...then they used these from '76 to '79 and started over at A in 1980.

the first letter denotes the month as below

B Jan
L Feb
A Mar
C Apr
K May
P Jun
O Jul
W Aug
D Sept
E Oct
R Nov
X Dec

example...LV would be Feb '79........BE would be Jan '84

 

[WiserFool]

BARREL CODE Manufacture dates for
Remington models 700 / 600 / 660 / Seven / 673 / 78 / 788
YEARS

1962 J
1963 K
1964 L
1965 M
1966 N
1967 P
1968 R
1969 S

1970 T
1971 U
1972 W
1973 X
1974 Y
1975 Z
1976 I
1977 O
1978 Q
1979 V


1980 A
1981 B
1982 C
1983 D
1984 E
1985 F
1986 G
1987 H
1988 I
1989 J

1990 K
1991 L
1992 M
1993 N
1994 O
1995 P
1996 Q
1997 R
1998 S
1999 T

2000 U
2001 V
2002 W
2003 X
2004 Y
2005 Z

MONTHS

JAN B
FEB L
MAR A
APR C
MAY K
JUN P
JUL O
AUG W
SEPT D
OCT E
NOV R
DEC X

examples

KC is May, 1982
WV is Aug, 1979