A 12 gauge SUPER MAGNUM with a 3.5-inch ejection. M is a 12 gauge Remington firearm MAGNUM with a 3 ejection. V This represents a 12 gauge shotgun with a 2.75-inch ejection. People have literally dedicated years of effort in research for support of the organization and for the benefit of others who have chosen to be supporting members of the society. Remington firearms serial numbers have a two-letter code. A two or three letter code on the left side of the barrel identifies the month and year of manufacture. Remington Serial Number Lookup: Model 1100. For example 'BL' would be January of 1920, and 'CWW' would be April of 1950. It would be 1911 according to the serial number chronology in James Tipton's Model 11 article in The Remington Society's magazine. When used to date Remington shotguns, where the barrel can easily be changed, make sure the barrel is original to the shotgun. So, a gun with a serial number of 111797 would have been made during the Remington Arms - Union Metallic Cartridge Co. Serial numbers were then jumped to 700,000 and continued.Īll this history out of the way, the old Remington factory ledger begun when they resumed civilian production after The Great War, begins with serial number 199611 on September 30, 1919. The combined 12-gauge Model 11 and 'Sportsman' serial numbers reached 499999 in August 1943 and they then jumped to 700000 and continued. Combined 12-gauge "Model 11" and "The Sportsman" serial numbers reached 499,999 on August 1, 1943. REMINGTON & SONS WHITMORE MODELS Model Years ser. The reason I am posting this is I found one today (Remington Repeating Shotgun) serial number is U on top of serial number and 11145 underneath the U. From then on the "Model 11" and "The Sportsman" were serial numbered together, continuing the Model 11 sequences.
14, 1938, they ended the separate serial numbers for the 20-gauge "The Sportsman" at 16,753. 24, 1937, they stopped the separate serial number sequence in the 5xx,xxx range for the 12-gauges and finally on Feb. 28, 1937, they stopped the separate serial number sequence in the 2xx,xxx range for the 16-gauge "The Sportsman" on Aug.