Remington Year of Manufacture Codes maybe found on the barrel of your Remington rifle [or shotgun] 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. 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.
According to the "Blue Book of Gun Values"& ""The Remington Society", the coding continues as follows:
Month Codes: [first letter]
B - L - A - C - K - P - O - W - D - E - R - X
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12
Year:______Code: [second and third (*) letters]
1930_______ Y
1931_______ Z
1932_______ A
1933_______ B
1934_______ C
1935_______ D
1936_______ E
1937_______ F
1938_______ G
1939_______ H
1940_______ J
1941_______ K
1942_______ L
1943_______ MM (*)
1944_______ NN (*)
1945_______ PP (*)
1946_______ RR (*)
1947_______ SS (*)
1948_______ TT (*)
1949_______ UU (*)
1950_______ WW (*)
1951_______ XX (*)
1952_______ YY (*)
1953_______ ZZ
1954_______ A
1955_______ B
1956_______ C
1957_______ D
1958_______ E
1959_______ F
1960_______ G
1961_______ H
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
2006_______ A
2007_______ B
2008_______ C
2009_______ D
2010_______ E
2011_______ F
2012_______ G
2013_______H
(*) the years 1943 though 1953 had double letters: ie, MM = 1943
(**) On 8/9/99, Remington stopped stamping the barrels with the date code. The date code was marked only on the end flap of the shipping box. Remington resumed stamping the date code on the barrel on 10/1/01. Only Remington can give an owner a DOM for a gun from this era, that carries no date code - via the gun's serial number.
Since letters have obviously been repeated, it's vital to know when your Remington model was introduced/discontinued.
