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. Remington made use of a two or three letter Firearms Identification Code that can be located on the left side of the barrel. 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. Serial Numbers by date (factory record book) – K – P – O – W – D – E – R – X Barrel Code Location Diagram Months of the year, for example B=January, L= February The Remington 788 was discontinued in 1983 and then the Remington Sportsman 78 based on a stripped down 700 design was introduced in 1984.
Near the frame that identifies the year and month of Plus, for some reason the nine locking lug design of the 788 was supposedly becoming increasingly costly to manufacture and finish out as compared to the 700. Have a code located on the left side of the barrel
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