- REMINGTON SPORTSMAN 78 MANUFACTURE DATES SERIAL NUMBERS
- REMINGTON SPORTSMAN 78 MANUFACTURE DATES CODE
To find general manufacturing dates it may be best to go to the Blue Book of Gun Values, which does give manufacturing dates of most models.Īn issue that people need to be aware of, is that many Remington firearms such as the series of shotguns can have their barrels easily changed or replaced. Also they jockeyed year letters to a new starting point in If you find marks on the underside of the barrel, they will more than likely be fitters or assembly marks, which mean nothing as to dating the firearm.
REMINGTON SPORTSMAN 78 MANUFACTURE DATES CODE
You will notice the year code repeats itself, but over 20 years difference, so even if it was used on the same model, in all likelihood sights or stocks would be different which would indicate the different date.Īlso some letters were left out if there was a chance of misidentifying a date. So there was a 2 year gap in rifle date coded barrels and the normal consumer, or gunsmith would have to contact the factory for this information.
REMINGTON SPORTSMAN 78 MANUFACTURE DATES SERIAL NUMBERS
They planned on using just the serial numbers to tell when the gun was manufactured. They however continued to mark the date code on the end flap of the shipping box for shotgun barrels however. The one on the right again abut with a shorter barrel that I made into a knock around quad rifle with pivot mounts. The photos below may help a bit.īoth were taken off Remington s, with the one on the left, a that I bought new October 10, This has been rebored to a 35 Whelen Improved. The factory says all barrels are date code stamped, well I have found some that are not, or if they are, are so erratic stamping that trying to decipher them is impossible. Then if the gun is ever subsequently returned to a warranty center or the factory by ANYONE, they will refuse to work on it as an unsafe firearm. If a gun is returned to the factory as a fire damaged, or blown up firearm, the factory will stamp it as a prefix to their date code with a 4 on the barrel and return it un-repaired.
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