Remington 700 date, please
Remington 700 date, please
On this Remington 700 the code number stamps on the barrel are. First is a small square like stamp, then XY R. By the Remington charts I think it dates the rifle 1950-51, but I am not sure. Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Re: Remington 700 date, please
.
I'm going to say that it was December of 1974 based on those letters. It would also be of benefit to see pictures or read a description of the stock (also whether it's an ADL or BDL), but stocks can be changed.
If it's a BDL, prior to 1974 they used impressed checkering with a scroll-type pattern. In 1974, they started using straight-cut machine checkering on the BDLs and in the late 70s, they started using a skip-line machine-cut checkering pattern.
Den
.
Logically, it could not be 1950-51 because the Model 700 wasn't created/sold until 1962.RemRB wrote:On this Remington 700 the code number stamps on the barrel are. First is a small square like stamp, then XY R. By the Remington charts I think it dates the rifle 1950-51, but I am not sure. Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you.
I'm going to say that it was December of 1974 based on those letters. It would also be of benefit to see pictures or read a description of the stock (also whether it's an ADL or BDL), but stocks can be changed.
If it's a BDL, prior to 1974 they used impressed checkering with a scroll-type pattern. In 1974, they started using straight-cut machine checkering on the BDLs and in the late 70s, they started using a skip-line machine-cut checkering pattern.
Den
.
Re: Remington 700 date, please
This might be a duplicate message, but thank you Den. Your description of the stocks fit this rifle exactly as a BDL. It has the straight-cut machine checkering on both the forend and pistol grip area.