In the annals of frontier-era single-actions, Remington was a little late out of the gate, despite its prominence during the Civil War with its New Model Army cap-and-ball revolver. By the time ...
Remington 700 (both ADL and BDL models) receiver/actions were produced starting in 1962 with serial number 1000 and ran to serial number 387347 in November of 1968. The barrels with their own date codes told the actual date of firearm assembly or close-to date prior to shipping. These early...
This website (Remington Model 31 - Wikipedia) indicates the model 31 was made from 1931 to 1949. Another (Remington Manufacture Dates) says a two letter code on the barrel reveals the year of manufacture. My barrel is stamped (twice) ZZ, near the receiver, which that chart shows as being made in 1953 (and that Z was used in 1931).
A Donor This project began as a bone stock Remington 700 Long Range model, chambered in 25-06 Remington. While there was nothing wrong with it, it still featured similar barrel design features to the original. Mainly it used a slow barrel twist rate like a 1:10, and the steel barrel was a little heavy for mountain hunting.
Acquired a No 1 Musket (3 band) in 50-70 that has no Remington Address or Patent Date on the barrel or the tang There are only these markings on the rifle: * Remington Inspector 'P' on the barrel - receiver - trigger guard and shoehorn butt plate * Lot number on the inside of the upper and lower tag. Not the normal repeating 10,000 block of numbers but 'F 97975' * Armory Rack No on butt stock ...