For Remington guns made 1921-1972 only A two or three letter code on the left side of the barrel identifies the month and year of manufacture. The first letter identifies the month, the other letter(s) identify the year Try this link to enter your 2 or 3 letter code and find the year of manufacture. Hope this helps: armscollectors.com/sn/remdates.php.
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