Manufacture Dates

July 10th, 2009 by admin


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. 

 

 

date code FINALRESIZE

 

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