Leupold Dating

The Ultimate Infidel

November 09, 2009 04:49

Found this info on Optics Planet. Seems accurate.

You can determine when it was made by the serial number located on the center saddle section. Beginning in 1974, Leupold began letter coding riflescope serial numbers. All scopes produced during that year had the letter E as a prefix to the serial number. The next year the letter code was advanced to F, and so on through the alphabet. The letters I,O, and Q, were skipped so that they wouldn't be confused with numbers. When they reached Z in 1992 they started over at the beginning of the alphabet with letter A. This time they used a suffix.



Prefix

E - 1974

F - 1975

G - 1976

H - 1977

J - 1978

K - 1979

L - 1980

M - 1981

N - 1982

P - 1983

R - 1984

S - 1985

T - 1986

U - 1987

V - 1988

W -1989

X - 1990

Y - 1991

Z - 1992



Suffix

1993 - A

1994 - B

1995 - C

1996 - D

1997 - E

1998 - F

1999 - G

2000 - H

2001 - J

2002 - K

2003 - L

2004 - M

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  Old-Colts

  November 09, 2009 08:35

  I'll have to verify this against my Leupold scopes since I bought them new back in the 80's. I looked at their boxes, but the serial numbers weren't on the end label, so at some point I'll have to dig the guns out of the safe.
  
  Thanks for the info!

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