![]() According to the charts I’ve found on here, that puts it at an October 1942 build date (MM being ‘42)? I thought that was pretty awesome and a rare find, so I reached out to Remington to confirm it and they are saying that my serial number puts it as a 1950 model.but then the guy said only the first two letters on the barrel determine the actual manufacture date, but this barrel clearly has an E, than a space, and then MM together.which according to the chart is 1942? So I have three letters.not two? Also, there is no letter prefix before the serial number. I am still keeping an eye on the site though I see every new post, and save those that I plan to respond to.New to the forum and to shotguns, so I have been learning a lot lately! Have a friend selling a Wingmaster and we started doing some research on when it was manufactured.īarrel stamp is E MM and it has the receiver serial number (which matches) stamped on the barrel as well, which tells me it’s definitely an older gun. I specifically took time off one of those jobs today to sit down and catch up on the forum, but I might go quiet for awhile again after this. I saw it the day the thread was started, but this month's been 12 - 14-hour work-days for me, between working a new full-time job, a pre-existing part-time job, and a month-long freelance gig, so I really haven't had time to sit down and write for awhile. I'd be happy to share what serial numbers I have info on, and if we can gather enough input, I can assemble a sortable/searchable document that will actually be useful for working out the system.īy the way, sorry about the delayed response to this. If enough people started sharing their serial number info (even if it's a partial serial, or just the prefix & suffix), with date confirmation from Remington (which isn't always accurate, but they get it right often enough, and blatant mistakes can generally be identified based on other features and supporting checks) alongside the barrel date codes, that could really help nail all this down. So, that video's on standby until I can get more info. I did what I could looking at markings in gun shops and taking notes, but couldn't get enough of a sample size just on my own. of AI&P Tactical, were supportive, but didn't have the specific info I needed. One forum even deleted some of the discussion about it. I don't know if I posted about it here, but I posted on other, more history/research-oriented forums, and got pretty much no response about it. These prefixes are pretty well understood up through the mid-2000s, but I can't find any definite info on exactly when they switched to the recent "RS" prefix, and now it seems that 2017 or 2018 saw the introduction of a brand-new "CC" prefix, though I'd need to look at more new 870s to confirm that the "CC" code is the new standard prefix, and not a special-case one.Ī year or two back, I started working on pre-production for a video on dating an 870, since it was such a frequent question, and there were no good, complete resources on it online anywhere. Those ranges are roughly 5-year periods, though some are wider or narrower, and some years may be transitional where both prefixes were stamped. 870 serial numbers have letter prefixes (or a lack thereof for very early guns) at the start of the serial number that can be used to narrow down the manufacture date to within a specific range of years.
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