![]() The nylon stock contains the firing mechanism and the barrel attachs to the stock. The Nylon 66 is hardly conventional in that it has no receiver. The receiver of a conventional firearm is the frame that contains the action (bolt and firing mechanism) and to which the barrel and stock attach. Under the 1968 GCA the receiver is legally the gun itself even with no other parts attached. 22 rifles and shotguns were often not considered important or valuable enough to warrant serial numbering). LW MAGNUM (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”)ġ964 TO APPROX.The 1968 Gun Control Act mandated that the receivers of all firearms be marked with a serial number (before the 1968 GCA low end. “LIGHT WEIGHT” (“LW”) (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”) ![]() Does anyone know if that is correct? ThanksĪll the codes above refer to the barrel codes, not the serial number.ġ950 TO APPROX 1968:NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIXġ968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE) I'm trying to figure out when it was made and from what I read on a site it stated the first letter would be the month and then the first two numbers would be the year (so mine would be Feb 1979?!?). Williamcprice wrote:I just recently purchased a Remington 1100 shotgun that has a serial number on the receiver that is "L79xxxxV". They resumed stamping the date code on the barrel on 10/1/01. ![]() They continued to mark the date code on the end flap of the shipping box. (*) On 8/9/99, stopped stamping the barrels with the date code. One needs to be sure that the barrel is original to the gun before trusting the Barrel Code listing, above. Using these barrel codes to date a shotgun is somewhat unreliable, as shotgun barrels are often interchanged at random. 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. The following letters correspond to the months of the yearī - L - A - C - K - P - O - W - D - E - R - Xġ - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 ![]() Remington's 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. ![]() Here is some information that you can get from you serial number after 1921 ![]()
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