Remington Rifle Serial Number Search

Cary wrote:How do I find out the date of manufacture for my 870 Express using the serial number? Is there a key for deciphering the serial number to figure this out? Thanks for your help. Cary Call Remington and give them the serial number, they will tell you when it was born, however keep in mind they due make errors.

Back up what they tell you with this information; DECODING REMINGTON SERIAL NUMBERS Model 870 LETTER PREFIX 1950 TO APPROX 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIX 1968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE) S-68, T-74, V-78, W-84, X-90, A-91, B-94, C-97, D-01, AB-05 Model 870 LETTER SUFFIX (DESIGNATES GAUGE) V 12 GA. (2 3/4”) M 12 GA.

When a rifle was returned to Remington for a repair. These will be dated best by using the serial number list at the bottom of the. MODEL 8 Serial Numbers. Jul 15, 2010. Remington 1903A3 Serial Number List? CMP Bolt Action Rifles.

MAGNUM (3”) A 12 GA. “SUPER” MAGNUM (3 ½”) W 16 GA. ( 2 ¾” ) X 20 GA. “HEAVY FRAME” (DISCONTINUED) N 20 GA. “HEAVY FRAME MAGNUM” (DISCONTINUED) K 20 GA. “LIGHT WEIGHT” (“LW”) (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”) U 20 GA.

LW MAGNUM (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”) J 28 GA. H.410 BORE (2 ½” OR 3”) Model 1100 LETTER PREFIX 1963 TO APPROX. 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIX 1968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE) L-68, M-74, N-78, P-85, R-90 Model 1100 LETTER SUFFIX SAME STRUCTURE AS THE Model 870 Model 1187 LETTER PREFIX 1987 TO PRESENT: “PC” 12 GA., 1999 “TL“ 20 GA., 2000 “SM” SUPER MAG.

Jaydaddy1 wrote:How can I tell if I have a 78 or 96? What is the barrel code and the serial # letter prefix? I am assuming your second letter in the barrel code is 'Q' based on what you say above 1978 or 1996. If it is a 1978 then the prefix letter in the serial number on the receiver will most likely be 'V'.

If it is a 1996 then the prefix letter in the serial number on the receiver will most likely be 'B' or possible 'C' Please always keep in mind that if you bought your gun used or second hand it may have had the barrels swapped and this can cause much confusion.example is a 1996 barrel will fit just fine on a 1978 receiver or vice versa!!!!! Jaydaddy1 wrote:How can I tell if I have a 78 or 96? In addition to what TuJays said, the barrel date stamps usually take long enough to repeat that you can get a pretty solid idea of which potential date applies to your gun based on its features.

For example, in the mid-1980s, Remington implemented some minor design updates to the action on 12ga 870s, including a 'U'-shaped cut-out in the shell carrier that prevented a certain type of malfunction from binding the gun's action. If your 870 is a 12ga, and you're trying to figure out whether it was made in 1978 or 1996 (which are on opposite sides of the '80s), your shell carrier will give you a strong clue. Other things that help separate 1978 from 1996 are screw-in chokes (introduced in 1986), Express models (1987), and nickel-plated finishes (1992). A decent overview of which models and features were available when can be found. Keep in mind that barrels can be changed, guns can be refinished, and old parts can be replaced with new ones, so these things won't always reflect a specific date with 100% surety.

However, if you can identify several features that line up with one of your date possibilities, you should be able to identify the correct one fairly confidently. If you want to be absolutely sure, call or email Remington and have them look up your gun's serial number.

I was wondering if anyone here knows of any useful sites for searching the serial number of a gun, preferably a search on Remington rifles specifically? If it makes any difference, I'm in the stare of New York, I've heard that may make it more difficult. I'm asking because I've recently come into.

I was wondering if anyone here knows of any useful sites for searching the serial number of a gun, preferably a search on Remington rifles specifically? If it makes any difference, I'm in the stare of New York, I've heard that may make it more difficult. I'm asking because I've recently come into possession of a Remington 700 that's in pretty bad condition. Download Free Software Bollettini Postali Pdf Da Compilare In Inglese there. All I've been able to find is a possible month of manufacture, but nothing about a year or a previous owner. From what understand, it is quite the find, even despite it's poor condition.

I would prefer to do the search myself, instead of having to bring it to the local authorities just yet, as I would hate to lose it so soon. The only problem is that I'm concerned that given nature of the object in question, that it may be stolen, or it may have been used in a crime of some sort. Given my luck both, and then where does the suspicion fall? Update: It's a 6mm side loader, apparently a hunting rifle. I don't know as much as I could about these things, but it looks like fixing it up could be a good project.

Like I said though, I don't want to really mess with it too much or anything in case it does get confiscated for whatever happened to it before. It's a 6mm side loader, apparently a hunting rifle. I don't know as much as I could about these things, but it looks like fixing it up could be a good project. Like I said though, I don't want to really mess with it too much or anything in case it does get confiscated for whatever happened to it before I got my hands on it. I haven't been able to track down a year yet, but using the BLACKPOWDERX method I figured it's from March.

The closest I've been able to get to finding a year though is maybe in the early 50's, which can't be right. The code they used for year was XZ, the closest I've been able to find are XX ('51) and ZZ ('53). The only problem with that is that for 1952, they used YY. Best Answer: Well I can't recommend that you keep it without finding out if it's stolen.

If you bought it from some crackhead on the street you can pretty much assume it is stolen. Remington 700's aren't really that big a deal, even the early ones. Is it 7mm Rem Mag by chance? These were at a premium because they were made with blued stainless barrels long before anyone used stainless but still not a big deal. In poor condition it would have little worth. Released in 1962 the 700 was and still is one of the most popular and celebrated rifles on the market.

Serial numbers don't really tell you much with a Remington as they marked their rifle with date codes based a word for the month (blackpowderx I think) and a whole convoluted and repeating letter code system for the year. Two letters side by side tell you the month and year. Why do you think it is 'Quite the find' if you can say. EDIT: Okay so you're saying the date code is 3 letters not 2? In the guide, I will enclose a link to, it doesn't show a XZ code for a year. Originally you said it was a Model 700 so the year could not be from before 1962 which is J.

If you say it is from March then the date code reads A X Z is what I'm getting from you. If it reads just X Z then it is from Dec 1975. Here's the link so hopefully you can figure it out but I'm out of answers with what you're giving me to work with.

What you ask is impossible. With the serial number - Remington can tell you which distributor the rifle was shipped to. With a court order, or, offer to pay $75 hour for labor - they will might go back in their records and tell you which dealer it was sold to.

That dealer will have to go through all his old files of Form 4473's for that year to tell you who the first buyer was. If the dealer'seller has gone out of business those 4473's are in a BATFE warehouse and require a court order to open. From there you would have to go person to person - assuming the prior owners still have a bill of sale that contains useful contact information. And everyone who owned the gun has never moved or been married and changed names. It's impossible because the cost is nearly $8,000+ in labor - and only the police or FBI has the ability to conduct this - and - get the necessary co-opeation from the manufacturer, distributor, FFL dealer or BATFE.

The only thing you can do a 'Joe Citizen' is take the serial number to the local police station and verify it is not listed as stolen. • Tell us some more • Upload in Progress • Upload failed. Please upload a file larger than 100x100 pixels • We are experiencing some problems, please try again. • You can only upload files of type PNG, JPG, or JPEG. • You can only upload files of type 3GP, 3GPP, MP4, MOV, AVI, MPG, MPEG, or RM. • You can only upload photos smaller than 5 MB. • You can only upload videos smaller than 600MB.

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