What year is my Remington shotgun serial number?

What year is my Remington shotgun serial number?

A two or three letter code on the left side of the barrel identifies the month and year of manufacture. The first letter identifes the month, the other letter(s) identify the year.

How old is a Remington Model 11?

The Remington Model 11-87 is a semi-automatic shotgun manufactured by Remington Arms and based on the earlier Model 1100. The Model 11-87 remains in contemporary production, 34 years after being introduced in 1987….

When was the Remington Model 11 made?

The wife (Margo) says the Remington Model 11 shotgun was made from 1911 to 1948 and if yours is number 440 then it is a very early model. She said they made several hundred thousand of them. They originally sold for about forty to fifty bucks, or so she says.

Is the Remington Model 11 any good?

“My old restored Model 11 is reliable and effective despite its age and questionable parentage.” The Remington Model 11 is an American-made version of the classic Browning Auto-5. Both of these guns typically age well because they were cut from big blocks of steel. The shotgun’s stock and forend are made of walnut.

What was the serial number of the Remington Model 11?

Model 11 20-gauge serial numbers began at 1,000,000. In 1931, they added the 16-gauge to the line with 16-gauge serial numbers starting at 1,500,000. In 1930, they also introduced a three-shot version in 20-gauge called “The Sportsman.” The 20-gauge “The Sportsman” had serial numbers beginning low 1?

When did the Remington 12 gauge gun come out?

Remington Arms Co. introduced their 12-gauge, five-shot, John M. Browning designed, “Remington Autoloading Gun” in 1905. The company name was changed to Remington Arms – Union Metallic Cartridge Co. in 1911. Shortly after that Rem-UMC began calling that gun the Model No. 11.

How can I find out what year my Remington shotgun was made?

They can be decoded to find out when your shotgun or rifle was manufactured. This serial number decoder will translate this information, determining the exact month and year that your specific firearms was created. Remington 700, 870 or 1100 serial/barrel number lookup will work with Remington 700, 870 or any other Remington shotgun or rifle.

How old is the barrel on a Remington 1100?

So the barrel marking looks something like “> OY H” I made the assumption that this meant the barrel was manufactured in July 1974 based on the manufacturing date information here on the web site but I am not sure. I have no idea how old the gun is and it came into my possession around 1990.