Thank you all in advance for reading and rsponding to yet another Model 1100 identification posting.I have read all the posts I could find here on the Society web site as well as the wonderful article on the history of the Model 1100 and the manufacture date information yet with all of that very helpful information I am still stumped by the Model 1100 that I have here. There are some confounding bits of information that that seem to contradict all of the descriptions I found so far. Any help and insight you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Dec 01, 2020 Remington made use of a two or three letter Firearms Identification Code that can be located on the left side of the barrel, just ahead of the frame. The first letter of the code identifes the month, the other letter (s) identify the year. I was wondering if someone could tell me what the date of manufacture is for my Remington 12A. There are two letters above the serial number, being R.W. And then the number is 5988XX. I imagine it's probably a 1920's era gun given the high number but not near the end of production numbers. Thanks in advance.
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First, this Model 1100 has an engraved receiver inlaid with gold but it is not in a hunting scene as described for '1 of 3000' models or 'Ducks Unlimited' models. The engraving is scrollwork inlaid with gold.The stock is walnut and the checkering is hand cut. The wood looks better than average and there is what looks like a rosewood cap on the grip. The butt pad is perhaps not original and is fairly thick and vented and labeled 'Pachmayr Gun Works, Los Angeles Calif.'
The left side of the barrel is stamped with a sideways 'V' then 'OY' followed by an 'H' which sits a little higher and out of line from the 'OY.' 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.
Now the really strange thing is the serial number which, according to everything I have read here, should begin at 1001. However, the serial number of the left side of the receiver is clearly '271V'. This does not line up with any information I have found to date and seems extraordinarily low.The barrel appears to be a 30' and is stamped with '12ga. for 2 3/4 or shorter shells' and in smaller letters there is a stamping that says 'FULL' which I assume to be the choke.
I am not sure what else to tell you folks that might help identily this shotgun. It really has me perplexed and I appreciate any help you can offer.
Thanks so much,
Doug
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Remington Dates of
Manufacture
The following serial number
information is for
Remingtion firearms
manufactured after 1921
Remingtons manufactured after 1921
have a code located on the left side of the barrel
near the frame that identifies the year and month of
manufacture. The following letters correspond to the
months of the year, for example B=January, L= February
and so on:
Remington Model 4 Serial Numbers
B – L – A – C
– K – P – O – W – D – E – R – X
| Barrel Code Location Diagram Click this ^ (print page) Don’t try to read this -> It’s just a thumb image | view full image |
Serial Numbers by date (factory record book)
| B – Jan | L – Feb | A – Mar | C – Apr | K – May | P – Jun |
| O – Jul | W – Aug | D – Sep | E – Oct | R – Nov | X – Dec |
| M – 1921 | N – 1922 | P – 1923 | R – 1924 | S – 1925 |
| T – 1926 | U – 1927 | W – 1928 | X – 1929 | Y – 1930 |
| Z – 1931 | A – 1932 | B – 1933 | C – 1934 | D – 1935 |
| E – 1936 | F – 1937 | G – 1938 | H – 1939 | J – 1940 |
| K – 1941 | L – 1942 | MM – 1943 | NN – 1944 | PP – 1945 |
| RR – 1946 | SS – 1947 | TT – 1948 | UU – 1949 | WW – 1950 |
| XX – 1951 | YY – 1952 | ZZ – 1953 | A – 1954 | B – 1955 |
| C – 1956 | D – 1957 | E – 1958 | F – 1959 | G – 1960 |
| H – 1961 | J – 1962 | K – 1963 | L – 1964 | M – 1965 |
| N – 1966 | P – 1967 | R – 1968 | S – 1969 | T – 1970 |
| U – 1971 | W – 1972 | X – 1973 | Y – 1974 | Z – 1975 |
| I – 1976 | O – 1977 | Q – 1978 | V – 1979 | A – 1980 |
| B – 1981 | C – 1982 | D – 1983 | E – 1984 | F – 1985 |
| G – 1986 | H – 1987 | I – 1988 | J – 1989 | K – 1990 |
| L – 1991 | M – 1992 | N – 1993 | O – 1994 | P – 1995 |
| Q – 1996 | R – 1997 | S – 1998 | T – 1999 (*) | U – 2000 (*) |
| V – 2001 (*) | W – 2002 | X – 2003 | Y – 2004 | Z – 2005 |
| A – 2006 | B – 2007 | C – 2008 | D – 2009 | E – 2010 |
| F – 2011 | G – 2012 |
Using barrel codes (such as those listed above) to date the manufacture are reliable on Remington rifles, as the company rarely changed barrels on a customer’s rifle.
Using these barrel codes to date a shotgun is somewhat unreliable, as shotgun barrels are often interchanged at random. One needs to be sure that the barrel is original to the gun before trusting the Barrel Code listing, above.
Remington Model 11 Serial Number Lookup
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On 8/9/99, stopped stamping the barrels with the date code.
They continued to mark the date code on the end flap of the shipping box.
They resumed stamping the date code on the barrel on 10/1/01.