![]() ![]() 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. Jaydaddy1 wrote:How can I tell if I have a 78 or 96? O - Jul W - Aug D - Sep E - Oct R - Nov X - Dec Then look on the left side of the barrel near the receiver and look for a two letter date code stamp and follow this chart with the first letter being the month and the second being the year the barrel was made ī - Jan L - Feb A - Mar C - Apr K - May P - Jun LW MAGNUM (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”)ġ963 TO APPROX. “LIGHT WEIGHT” (“LW”) (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”) Model 870 LETTER SUFFIX (DESIGNATES GAUGE) I plan on keeping it for the rest of my life and then leaving it to my son.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.Ĭall Remington and give them the serial number, they will tell you when it was born, however keep in mind they due make errors.īack up what they tell you with this information ġ950 TO APPROX 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIXġ968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE) Great shotgun with a great piece of history attached to it. The 2 marks on the stock are from the antlers and they tell a story better than any words I can type could. Well, not having time to ready the shotgun to shoot it again, grandad grabbed it by the barrel and walloped the buck right across the head, sending it down again. He walked up to the deer which looked dead and all of a sudden it jumped up and started coming right at him. ![]() ![]() My grandfather (dad's dad) shot a nice buck with the shotgun one day using slugs I assume. There are 2 nice dents in the side of the buttstock that I wouldn't repair for a million dollars, because they have a nice story connected to them. When I work the action it has a nice metallic ring that can no longer be found in modern shotguns. It will roll a squirrel out of a TALL tree when other shotguns in the group will barely reach. It's a wonderful shotgun by the way and I have many years of great memories connected with it. The Date also seems to fit with the anecdotal evidence that goes along with the shotgun. Now that you mention it, the R does seem to be spaced a bit farther from the other 2 leters, indicating that it was probably stamped at a different time than the first 2. Excellent information, that was exactly what I was looking for. ![]()
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