Manufactured: 1913
The manufacture month and year of a Remington rifle can be determined from a letter and number code stamped near the back of the barrel on the right side. If your Model 12 is not marked 12A, 12B, 12C, 12CS, 12D, 12E, or 12F, it is a basic Model 12.
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Only if it is marked ".223 Remington" on the barrel.
Made 1931 - 1949 will be barrel code marked, see related links for information on the Remington Society of America.
Is marked on side of action. If you do not see any action marks look at the barrel, it might be a 788.
It is a slide action rifle with an octagonal barrel made from 1890 to 1932. If it is marked as Model 90, not Model 1890, it was made after about 1915.
It will be marked on the barrel. The barrel is marked "Made in Portugal".
E. Remington and Sons (predecessor to Remington Arms Co) manufactured firearms in Ilion, New York, from 1860 to 1888.
If the gun is marked 2-3/4 on the barrel, that is the maximum length shell that the gun will shoot.
Does it read "kec" or "ked"? The Remington web site indicates 4 grades of Remington model 1900 double barrel shotguns (http://www.remington.com/library/history/firearm_models/shotguns/model_1900.asp): Grades Offered: K - Remington steel barrelsKE - Remington steel, auto ejectorsKD - 2 stripe Damascus barrelsKED - 2 strip Damascus, auto ejectors
1921 and on they are marked with a barrel code you can look up on the manufactured link on the Remington Society of America, before that need a serial no to tell and then only a year and not the month/year that the code provides.
1925 - Should be marked with a barrel code which can be viewed on the Remington Society's web site: http://remingtonsociety.com/rsa/questions/barrelcodes This will give month and year.
My Remington 81 ser#162xx was manufactured 07/1941 There should be a two letter code on the barrel. you can cross reference the two letter code to a production date on Remingtons website.