When was my rifle made?

 

After 1921, Remington employed a “date code” system which consists of a series of letters identifying the month and year of manufacture.  This date code is typically 2-3 letters hand stamped on the jacket head (refer to the photograph below for location).  The first letter in the code represents the month, the second (and sometimes third) letter represents the year.  It is not uncommon for these letters to be stamped sideways.  

 

When a rifle was returned to Remington for a repair, the factory would stamp a repair code.  These codes read the same as the date code, but were followed by a “3”.  It is not uncommon to find the “3” stamped backwards.  For those rifles manufactured prior to 1921, rifles not found with a date code, or rifles found with ONLY a repair code, these will be dated best by using the serial number list at the bottom of the page. 

 

 

 

Determining month of manufacture (FIRST LETTER)

B – January

L – February

A – March

C – April

K – May

P – June

O – July

W – August

D – September

E – October

R – November

X – December

Determining year of manufacture (SECOND AND/OR THIRD LETTERS),

M – 1921  D – 1935

N – 1922   E – 1936  

P  – 1923 F – 1937

R – 1924 G – 1938

S – 1925  H – 1939

T – 1926  J – 1940

U – 1927  K – 1941

W – 1928  L – 1942

X – 1929  MM – 1943

Y – 1930   NN – 1944

Z – 1931  PP – 1945

A – 1932   RR – 1946

B – 1933  SS – 1947

C – 1934  TT – 1948

UU – 1949  WW – 1950

 

 

MODEL 8 Serial Numbers

 

These are the last serial numbers for each year of production for the Model 8

 

 Year – Serial – Total

1906~2266  2266

1907~7754  5488

1908~12439 4685

1909~17168 4729

1910~21889  4721

1911~26489  4600

1912~30063  3574

1913~33041  2978

1914~35187  2146

1915~36938  1751

1916~38469  1711

1917~39918  1449

1918~40917  999

1919~42009  1092

1920~44825  2816

1921~45938  1113

1922~47297  1359

1923~48826  1529

1924~50136  1310

1925~51519  1383

1926~53160  1641

1927~55878 2718

1928~58741  2863

1929~61467  2726

1930~64024  2557

1931~65465 1441

1932~66360  895

1933~66867  507

1934~67676  809

1935~68841  1165

1936~69581  1010

1937~69485  96

1938~69488  3

1939~69490  2

* Despite these production totals, rifles as high as 69929 have been observed

 

 

MODEL 81 Serial Numbers

 

These are the last serial numbers for each year of production for the Model 81

 

Year – Serial – Total

1936~1675  1675

1937~4895  3220

1938~6862  1967

1939~8872  2010

1940~12623  3751

1941~17748  5125

1942~21575  3827

1943~21579  4

1944~21694  115

1945~23809  2115

1946~30525  6716

1947~37104  6579

1948~43778  6674

1949~51187  7409

1950~55581  4394

* Despite these production totals, rifles as high as 57949 have been observed