Remington Firearms Serial Numbers

If you are looking for more information about your Remington firearms, then the serial number can give you some useful info about the date of manufacture of your particular gun. In the picture below, you will see an example from a newer Remington 597 rifle with a manufacture date of April 2006. To determine the date, you need to look for the letters stamped on the left side of the barrel. The first letter will give you the month code. The next letter (possibly 2 letters) will give you the year code.

MONTH CODE

B	L	A	C	K	P	O	W	D	E	R	X
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

YEAR CODE

M	N	P	R	S	T	U	W	X	Y	Z	A
1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932

B	C	D	E	F	G	H	J	K	L	MM	NN
1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944

PP	RR	SS	TT	UU	WW	XX	YY	ZZ	A	B	C
1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956

D	E	F	G	H	J	K	L	M	N	P	R
1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968

S	T	U	W	X	Y	Z	I	O	Q	V	A
1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980

B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M
1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992

N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y
1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

Z	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017

Please note that during the years 1999, 2000, & 2001 (highlighted in red above), Remington did not stamp the date code on the barrels. The date code during these years was placed on the box. After 2001, they went back to the usual Remington firearms serial numbers on the barrel. You will also notice that the year code letters repeat themselves. This means that sometimes you will have to consider the specific model Remington firearm that you have. For instance, if you have a Remington rifle that you know was made a long time ago, then you won't expect the year date code to be from modern times. Some Remington models were only produced during a certain time periods, so that will help you to better decipher the date codes from your Remington firearms serial numbers.