Remington Barrel Code is Missing
As most of us know Remington has used letter markings on the left side of the barrel near the receiver for a number of years to identify the month and year that certain barrel or rifle was built.
However i happen to own a Rem 700 with a that has no barrel code on it.
This has been something that has puzzled me for a while now.
I bought the rifle new in the summer of 2000 and have used it very little.
I even went so far as to pull the synthetic stock off of the rifle just to see if they stamped the barrel a little lower than usual.
Further under a bright light i took a magnifying glass and searched for it.
It just is not there.
Is this common??
How can i find out when it was built??
This is nothing more than the 700 ADL with the black synthetic stock that Remington has been churning out for a number of years.
It is a pre J lock rifle though.
Not sure just what year Remington introduced his style of 700 but a guy that hunted with us three years ago has a similiar looking 700 called the AS 700 in .243 that he bought around 1991.
Anyway i doubt this makes this rifle worth more or possibly even less but i was wondering if any of you have run across this issue with other modern Remington rifles??
mike
However i happen to own a Rem 700 with a that has no barrel code on it.
This has been something that has puzzled me for a while now.
I bought the rifle new in the summer of 2000 and have used it very little.
I even went so far as to pull the synthetic stock off of the rifle just to see if they stamped the barrel a little lower than usual.
Further under a bright light i took a magnifying glass and searched for it.
It just is not there.
Is this common??
How can i find out when it was built??
This is nothing more than the 700 ADL with the black synthetic stock that Remington has been churning out for a number of years.
It is a pre J lock rifle though.
Not sure just what year Remington introduced his style of 700 but a guy that hunted with us three years ago has a similiar looking 700 called the AS 700 in .243 that he bought around 1991.
Anyway i doubt this makes this rifle worth more or possibly even less but i was wondering if any of you have run across this issue with other modern Remington rifles??
mike
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Believe Remington quit using the barrel code in the early 70's. Reference this site.
http://armscollectors.com/sn/remdates.php
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No they did not stop using the barrel code because even the latest rifles at the stores are still marked.
And i have another 700 that was bought in 1987 that is marked accordingly.
This one for one reason or another was just not stamped.
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all my remington 700s have the date code and they range from the late 60's to 2004. the only thing i can figure is that however they make the marks, i figure they use some kind of stamping machine didnt have enough force the mark the barrel. some of mine have parts of the code cut in half or missing half a letter vertically. in your case it may not have even made any sort of mark. if you call remington they will probably be able to give you a better idea of what might have happened. they have been very helpful whenever i have called them. except when i ask them for production numbers.
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