Ducks Unlimited Question

[Wulfman]

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First of all, if you've been looking around the site and reading any posts, you will have found that "values" aren't given on the forum......for the reasons previously stated.

Then, you should have found the link to date codes.

http://www.remingtonsociety.com/rsa/que ... arrelcodes

And, you would have also found the lists of the shotgun prefix and suffix codes. (listed below, again)

Also, the excellent article by Jack Heath.

http://www.remingtonsociety.com/rsa/journals/1100

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Den


REMINGTON SHOTGUN SERIAL NUMBER STRUCTURE


M/870 LETTER PREFIX

1950 TO APPROX 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIX
1968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE)
S-68, T-74, V-78, W-84, X-90, A-91, B-94, C-97, D-01, AB-05

LETTER SUFFIX (DESIGNATES GAUGE)

V 12 GA. (2 3/4”)
M 12 GA. MAGNUM (3”)
A 12 GA. “SUPER” MAGNUM (3 ½”)
W 16 GA. ( 2 ¾” )
X 20 GA. “HEAVY FRAME” (DISCONTINUED)
N 20 GA. “HEAVY FRAME MAGNUM” (DISCONTINUED)
K 20 GA. “LIGHT WEIGHT” (“LW”) (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”)
U 20 GA. LW MAGNUM (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”)
J 28 GA.
H .410 BORE (2 ½” OR 3”)

M/1100

LETTER PREFIX

1963 TO APPROX. 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIX
1968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE)
L-68, M-74, N-78, P-85, R-90

LETTER SUFFIX

SAME STRUCTURE AS THE M/870

M/1187

LETTER PREFIX

1987 TO PRESENT: “PC” 12 GA., 1999 “TL“ 20 GA.,
2000 “SM” SUPER MAG.

LETTER SUFFIX

NO LETTER SUFFIX ON THIS MODEL

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[Virginian]

Remington made I believe 4 different Model 1100 DU "Commemorative" guns, but it might have just been 3. In any event, in 1973 the "dinner" guns were made for chapters to auction off at the DU Dinners, and they had excellent wood, hand checkering, and some hand engraving, and DU decoration. The first commercial grade guns had slightly better than average wood, standard but gold inlaid rollmarking, with the addition of a DU crest on the left side of the receiver. Some years later - around '82 - they made another round of commercial grade guns, and those had the heavier rollmarking that had come into favor. Then I'm pretty sure they made a 20 gauge 1100 dinner gun, too. From the serial number yours is the commercial grade. I do not remember all the years offhand, and the serial number is no help, and I have seen 2 dinner guns and several commercial models with no - zero - date coding on the barrel. But, I think yours is a 1973 model. Not really unusual as I have 3 regular 1100 barrels with no date coding as well. I seem to recall the first guns were 1973, and the next round was around '82.
Values are all over the map. Some people don't think they are worth much more than a regular gun, and some others find them highly desirable. If you look on GunBroker you can usually find some.
I got curious and went and did some looking myself, and there is not one "Dinner Gun" on any site I see, BUT there is a 1973 commercial model listed, and he has a letter from Remington saying it's a dinner gun, but it is not. I knew Remington's phone service was suspect, but that's the first time I have seen a factory letter in error. The later 1980s commercial edition 20 gauges we not quite as spiffy as the 1973 guns in my opinion.