Remington 870 wingmaster serial numbers

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Remington 870 wingmaster serial numbers

I have an old in 16 gauge. The serial number is W. Can anyone give me help finding out how old this gun is? I have had it since the late sixties but my great uncle owned it before. Will Carry 2 posts. DaveTN 1 post. Remington serial numbers are not reliable for dating. If the barrel is original to the shotgun, the barrel date code will give a reliable date. Remington Dates of Manufacture. There is a code on the barrel Here are the codes translated to year. First letter is month - second is year.

June 2,PM iagbarrb. I also asked about the relief cut. If your is a 12ga, and you're trying to figure out whether it was made in or which are on opposite sides of the '80syour shell carrier will give you a strong clue.

March 27, , AM Don P. I would be most appreciative for the help in trying to date my Remington Wingmaster. Serial V Thanks in advance for any info. March 27, , PM PetahW. The Remington Date Codes are always stamped into the barrel's lower side, near the rear - just ahead 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. As noted above, 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.

Now you can do this automatically using Rem Remington serial numbers located on receiver of your shotgun or rifle. But you need to use two letter code which is located on barrel of your firearm. These two letters can be decoded to find out the date your firearm was manufactured. Remington , , are very popular firearms and it is very easy to find them for sale in shops, on forums and online boards. But when buying used shotgun or rifle, it is better to check when it was manufactured, that is why Remington serial number check was developed. Remington or serial numbers can be decoded the same way as Remington serial numbers. This decoder works for all Remington firearms which have two-letter code on their barrel. Recorded a small video to show difference between barrel code and serial number on the receiver:. You can always use Remington Serial Number Lookup to find out manufacture date of your Remington firearm.

Remington 870 wingmaster serial numbers

Log in. Sign up. Remington Shotguns. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Sort by Oldest first Oldest first Newest first Most reactions. As noted above, the serial number only identifies the model type which might indicate a manufacture range, I should admit. However, the lettered barrel code is the best way to find the manufacture date, assuming the barrel is original. Made right in the middle of when Remington was doing the barrel code thingy.

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Best Remington Triggers. Posted: Thu Jan 03, pm How do I find out the date of manufacture for my Express using the serial number? The staff has been very helpful. The first letter of the Code is the month of manufacture The next one or two letters are the year of manufacture. Sign up for a new account in our community. Now you can do this automatically using Rem Sign in Already have an account? Has sling swivels. We have done so much for so long with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing! If you have 4 numbers whited out I think that is the highest pre '68 serial number I have seen, because they generally went in order until they changed the prefix and then started again. JavaScript is disabled.

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Sign In Now. Any chance of posting a picture? Cary Shooters. 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. If there's no serial number on the receiver opposite side of the shell ejection port then the firearm was manufactured before the mid's, which was when serial numbers started being required. KC but upside down it says CK. Please consider creating a new thread. Post by NorwichU » Sun Apr 22, pm. The chocolate keeps melting and the stems of the flowers keep breaking. The much later Classic 16s had it too. Other things that help separate from are screw-in chokes introduced in , Express models , and nickel-plated finishes Best Remington Chassis.