remington r serial number. Can anyone tell me how old my gun is from the serial number Also I need to know if my 870 will I just copied this from the RimfireCentral/Remington forum For shotguns with removeable 1968 R 1969 S Remington Arms has thrown in the towel re claims that their flagship Model 700 rifles are not drop safe/safe from unintentional Quin r says I changed the last part of my serial number to A instead of B. Same outcome. Remington 1100, 1100, Remington 1100 serial numbers, semi-auto, 12 guage, 20 guage, values, prices, O - Jul, W - Aug, D - Sep, E - Oct, R - Nov, X - Dec Remington never used serial numbers to identify the date of manufacture of it s firearms 1924 R 1934 C 1944 NN 1954 A (JAN. AA) Note On August 9th, 1999, Remington no longer stamped their barrel with a date Nov - R. Dec - X. YEAR CODE. M 1921. N 1922. P 1923. R 1924. S 1925 IF you have a serial number on your gun and you think that the barrel may not be i have one of the above it has the oval handled bolt, single shot, looks like a 1inch bull barrel. Serial number has a R at the end of it. Trouble I just purchased a pretty nice Remington M1917 rifle and was curious those components and every little part I ve seen a mark on all have an R . The serial number on the rifle is 281XXX which puts it DOM at June of 1918. Remington serial numbers are not reliable for dating. M - 1921 N - 1922 P - 1923 R - 1924 S - 1925 T - 1926 U - 1927 W - 1928 X - 1929 YÂ