Beware of scammers.

The gun appears to be from the early 1950s, most likely 1950 or 1951. Although the Remington Society date code table can be a little perplexing, the wear and location of the stamps appear to be consistent with that era.


Hey all

First time posting, I recently found grandpas long lost 550-1! Thing is ...

... of the museum and ILION'S ARCHIVES? I've collected a database of more than 1024 Remington 550 series rifles, and I have seen a lot of interesting rifles, but one that has just been put up for auction on Gun Broker has really put my brain on overtime.

This one is listed as a Remington 550-M. It doesn ...

Hey all

First time posting, I recently found grandpas long lost 550-1! Thing is in rough shape but now we have a project. I am having trouble deciphering the letter code for the year on this thing and was wondering what others think it could be.

Thanks in advance

Welcome! Based on the letter ...

Looking for anyone who has Remington Gallery Tubes, aka Handy Tubes, and would be willing to share pictures and give me permission to use them in my book in the Remington 550-G2 section.

Jason Johnson wrote: Thu Feb 05, 2026 5:07 pm 550 is one of my favorite auto rim fire rifles. Cant wait for you to finish the book.

Thank Jason, I figgure June/July before I have a draft into the folks who will proof read it.

550 is one of my favorite auto rim fire rifles. Cant wait for you to finish the book.

Nice looking rifle, very clean for a rifle of that age.

Writing this book on the Remington 550 series rifles is taking a toll on my gun money. I picked up rifle number 10 today that I won at auction. It's always kind of a crap shoot when you buy a rifle from an online auction because you really never know the condition of the rifle. I got lucky this time ...

Af1991, Now that I have collected data on 914 Remington 550 rifles, I might be able to get you the manufacture date for your rifle. But I will need some information to help narrow the dates down. Can you tell me if your rifle has:

1. Serial Number on the rear, left side of the receiver?
2. If the Model ...

... research requests, I'm in the process of writing a book on the Remington 550 series of rifles, and while I have purchased 11 550s at this point, there is still data that I need (or another rifle I suppose), and I am reaching out to our community for information.

For those of you who have a Remington ...

I'm looking for a Remington 550 (1941) with Date Codes: "C K", K K", "P K" or a Remington (1946) 550-1 with date Codes Any Month Code and Year Code "RR"

Need them for a book I am writing.

Greetings folks! I'm in the process of writing a book on the Remington 550 and need some infromation. For those of you who have a Remington 550 with the following date codes:

"O K" July 1941
"W K" August 1941
"D K" September 1941, or
"E K" October 1941

Can you tell me if you have the defector ...

I’m currently up to 179 entries, but need help on specific years, as I have been unable to locate rifles that were manufactured:
* 1943 through 1945 (So far, data collected indicates that no 550 rifles were produced during WWII)
* 1946
* 1947
* late 1958
* 1962
* 1964
* 1970 through 1971 (I don’t ...

Hi All,
I'm looking for some help. I have collected 142 entries in my Excel Worksheet of Remington 550 Model Numbers, date codes, and other data. However, I have yet to find the date codes for Remington Rifles manufactured in 1954 (date Code A or AA). I've asked for general info in another post, but ...

Updated: 22 Sept 2025: Thank you to those who have provided information so far. The Excel Worksheet has been updated with more entries, bringing the total to 142 entries so far. Here is the link to my blog and the new entries https://wp.me/pcBwqC-2C