Year:_Code: Īs maybe seen, the year code letters duplicate some knowledge of when the model was introduced should resolve the actual year of manufacture. I have an 870 Wingmaster in excellent condition w/a 28', Modified choked barrel that has a 2-3/4' chamber. The first letter of the Code is the month of manufacture, followed by one or two letters which are the year of manufacture.Īs 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.Īccording to the "Blue Book of Gun Values", the coding continues as follows (edited to reflect the intro year of the OP's Model 870) :ī - L - A - C - K - P - O - W - D - E - R - Xġ - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 The serial, barrel, recoil pad, upc, are all new RemArms manufacture this year. my PA barrel code and lack of serial prefix, my Wingmaster has a mfg date of June 1953. It is widely used by the public for shooting sports, hunting and self-defense, as well as by law. DECODING REMINGTON SERIAL NUMBERS Model 870 LETTER PREFIX 1950 TO APPROX 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIX. Also cantilever and receiver-mounts for scopes 3 The Remington Model 870 is a pump-action shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms Company, LLC. Your receiver and the rest of the gun could be any year between 1968-1973, but since the barrel code is march 1970 and say the rest of it too. Bead, twin bead, adjustable open sights, or ghost ring (all iron sights ). The Remington Date Codes are always stamped into the barrel's lower side, near the rear - just ahead of the receiver. Prior to 1968 there was no prefix letter used in the serial number and it changed to a T in 1974 The T in the barrel code is 1970. AFAIK, The receiver cannot be dated by SN, but the bbl can, AND hopefully the bbl is original to the receiver.
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