Remington Model 12 production date?

[thatoneguy82]

I just got this old model 12A, and its posing some questions with regard to getting a proper date of manufacture. The serial # is 2115xx, and the barrel code is D over L, D over L by my reading indicates a barrel proofing date of Sept 1942, but by then these rifles were 6 years out of production. Anybody have any thoughts?

[remington600]

Maybe you just need to reverse the barrel code and make it Febuary of 1935

[thatoneguy82]

But that doesn't make sense either because its serial# puts it in the first 1/4 of production, and the receiver isn't marked Model 12 as they were later in its production.

[John Gyde]

Those are proof stamps. Yours was made in 1913. 1913 production started with #71805 and ended with #238343. Enjoy your early M/12!!

Barrel codes weren't used until 1921. The model 12 was first stamped on the barrel in 1917 at approximately #390XXX although Remington advertised the rifle as the Model 12 as early as 1910. The Model stamp was moved to the receiver in 1924.

[thatoneguy82]

Thank you John you've been very helpful