check the date code stamped on the barrel. Remington Society of America, Manufactured Date link has the details.
They have date code stamps on the barrel which can be looked up on the manufacture date link on the Remington Society of America.
Remington Society of America, there is a link for manufacture dates link which will explain the date codes.
They have date code stamps on the barrel which can be looked up on the manufacture date link on the Remington Society of America.
Lookup date code on Remington Society of America here: http://remingtonsociety.com/rsa/questions/barrelcodes
The barrel date code is the primary method of dating a Remington. Of course, if the barrel is not the original barrel for the gun that complicates things. The Remington factory could probably date it by serial number. sales@countrygunsmith.net
Check the manufactured date link on the Remington Society of America for details.
Check the manufactured date link on the Remington Society of America for details.
They have date code stamps on the barrel which can be looked up on the manufacture date link on the Remington Society of America. --- Update: It's important to note that the barrel on the shotgun MAY not be the barrel that was originally on the shotgun at purchase. Check the serial number with Remington.
You can contact Remington directly,and use the customer service site to E-mail your shotguns serial number and letter code found on the barrel.They will contact you with the year of production.
Visit Remington's web site.
Shot guns made with the 870 designation was the model of the WINGMASTER shot gun series. This also signifies it is a pump gun opposed to Simi-automatic
Check date code details link - Remington Society of America