Remington Serial Numbers Date Manufactured

Serial Numbers on Remington Firearms

Remington Serial Numbers Date

If you are looking for more information about your particular Remington firearms, then the serial number can give you some useful insight into the date of manufacture of your specific gun. In the picture below, you will see an example from a newer Remington 597 rifle with a manufacturing date of April 2006. You can use the serial number to quickly decipher the date by using the chart below. To determine the date, you need to look for the letters stamped on the left side of the barrel. The first letter will give you the month code. The next letter (possibly 2 letters) will give you the year code.

REMINGTON DATES OF MANUFACTURE For Remington guns made 1921-1972 only. We have no data for Remingtons made at other times. A two or three letter code on the left side of the barrel identifies the month and year of manufacture. Jul 12, 2011 I know the barrel codes but never heard of Remington's serial numbers telling manufacture dates. Barrel date codes are here at the Remington Society, along with a good diagram of how to read them. Good job JimH.

MONTH CODE

YEAR CODE

M	N	P	R	S	T	U	W	X	Y	Z	A
1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932

B	C	D	E	F	G	H	J	K	L	MM	NN
1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944

PP	RR	SS	TT	UU	WW	XX	YY	ZZ	A	B	C
1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956

D	E	F	G	H	J	K	L	M	N	P	R
1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968

S	T	U	W	X	Y	Z	I	O	Q	V	A
1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980

B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M
1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992

N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y
1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

Z	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017

Please note that during the years of 1999, 2000, & 2001 (highlighted in red above), Remington did not stamp the date code on the barrels. The date code during these years was just placed on the box. Now, this doesn't help much in many circumstances, because how likely is it that the box will still be around for as long as the gun exists. A gun made of steel and wood can stand the test of time. A paper box will likely not. Most people will have disposed of the box a long time ago, and so it's unfortunate that the serial numbers were not stamped on the barrel during those 3 years. Thankfully, after 2001, Remington went back to having the serial numbers stamped on the barrel again.

One thing that you might notice when you examine the chart above, the letters for the year code repeat themselves. This means that sometimes you will have to consider the specific model of Remington firearm that you have. For instance, if you have a Remington rifle that you know was made a long time ago, then you won't expect the year date code to be from recent times. Some models of Remington guns were only produced during a certain time period. Knowing that can also help you to better decipher the date codes from your Remington firearms serial numbers.