Please Help Date Model 700 BDL

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f150intally
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Please Help Date Model 700 BDL

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These are the codes on the Left side of the barrel: UE ∞ 98
Receiver code: 6598775

Thanks in advance for the help.
-Jay
600RemGuy
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Re: Please Help Date Model 700 BDL

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UE makes no sense. Serial number dates it October or November of 1972
f150intally
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Re: Please Help Date Model 700 BDL

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thank you so much for the reply. It is VERY difficult to make out the markings on the barrel. It might have been re-blued at some point, but I did the best I could reading it with a magnifying glass.

I appreciate the info. Thank you very much.
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Re: Please Help Date Model 700 BDL

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Barrel date code should be "(E or R) and W". 98 would be the assembler. U could be the final inspector. There would be, in this year, 4 symbols/markings and yours mite read U EW 98 or U RW 98, with I believe, your month/year EW or RW being 2 separate letter stampings of the same font as opposed to 2 letters on one stamp if you follow me.
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