Dating Remington Firearms

[cmshoot]

To date a Remington long gun, you use the date codes. These codes are fairly simple and straightforward to read. They are located on the left side of the barrel, just ahead of the receiver. There will be a combination of two or three letters representing the month and year of manufacture.

The first character of the sequence will always be one of these letters:

B, L, A, C, K, P, O, W, D, E, R, X.

These twelve letters correspond to the twelve months in a year, and are the month code.

MONTH CODES

B = January
L = February
A = March
C = April
K = May
P = June
O = July
W = August
D = September
E = October
R = November
X = December

The next letter or letters will correspond to the year manufactured. NOTE – Some of these year letters repeat, as can be seen below. So a little sleuthing may have to be done to determine the exact year the firearm was manufactured. This sleuthing is accomplished in part by first determining the years that your specific firearm was manufactured. After that one brings into play what is known of the history, such as the year first acquired.

*In August of 1999, Remington stopped stamping the barrels with the date codes. They however continued to mark the date code on the end flap of the shipping box. Remington resumed stamping the date codes on barrels in October 2001.

 

[cmshoot]

A date code of “PUU” would mean it was made in June 1949.

A date code of “EY” would mean it was made in October of 1930, 1974, or 2004.

 

[Sleepr71]

Thanks for this. It can still be a mystery as to which Decade a gun was made.for those with long productions.

 

[cmshoot]

Thanks for this. It can still be a mystery as to which Decade a gun was made.for those with long productions.

Companies changed different items on firearms during long production runs. For instance, the butt plate on a Winchester 94. You use features like that to narrow it down.

Some calibers were only made in some years.

Sometimes it’s obvious. The date code shows the gun is made in either 1955, 1981, or 2007, but you know that your Grandpa bought the gun when he came home from the Korean War, so 1955 would be correct.

 

[Gun Guru]

Excellent information. As a fan of old Remingtons I appreciate this. Thank you for posting it.

 

[87KJH]

Is there a way to date the Remington firearm if the barrel has been changed?
I have a Remington 1100 with an older receiver with a newer barrel with rem chokes.

 

[cmshoot]

Is there a way to date the Remington firearm if the barrel has been changed?
I have a Remington 1100 with an older receiver with a newer barrel with rem chokes.

Is there a way to date the Remington firearm if the barrel has been changed?
I have a Remington 1100 with an older receiver with a newer barrel with rem chokes.

Use the “Contact Us” form on Remington’s website.

Contact Us | Remington

Contact Us Page

www.remington.com

 

[cmshoot]

Is there a way to date the Remington firearm if the barrel has been changed?
I have a Remington 1100 with an older receiver with a newer barrel with rem chokes.

Use the “Contact Us” page on Remington’s website.

Contact Us | Remington

Contact Us Page

www.remington.com

 

[wolfmanrogers]

This explains why the same old boring pick up lines haven’t worked.

 

[killerv]

Thanks for this. It can still be a mystery as to which Decade a gun was made.for those with long productions.

not really when you look and the features and differences as they advanced over the years. They also started putting letters in front of serial numbers and that can help tell you which year it was made once you have narrowed it down to a few possibilities running the barrel code numbers.