Remington Society

I am trying to help my father with some information on a 700 bdl 243 rifle he purchased used in the early 1980s. the barrel is stamped "UXUC". I contacted Remington and they said that the gun was manufactured in late 1971 (X=Dec, U=1971) but could not give me any information what the U sta...

I am trying to help my father with some information on a 700bdl 243 that he purchased used in the 1980s. I have been researching and cannot seem to piece together what the barrel stamps represent. I contacted Remington and they told me the rifle was manufactured in December of 1971 by the serial num...