help with manufacture dates

[terryc]

I'm developing a data base of my firearms for insurance purposes and need some help with the date of manufacture of my Remingtons.

SP10 10ga mag RM008259
Wingmaster 3" mag S405707M
Wingmaster 2 3/4 S771772V
Model 700 30.06 A6790088
1894 double barrel 12ga 307483

Thanks for the help.

Terry

[Researcher]

If you have a Remington Arms Co. hammerless double with a serial number of 307,483 it is a Model 1900. Remington Model 1900s are a simplified, cheaper, version of the Model 1894, built on the same patents -- No. 528,507 and No. 528,508 both granted Oct. 30, 1894. The Model 1900s were all K-Grades, with E added to the designation if the gun had ejectors and D if it had Damascus barrels -- K-, KE-, KD-, or KED-Grades. The K- and KE-Grades had Remington Steel barrels. The Model 1900s had a snap-on/off forearm and their serial numbers were in the 300,000 range, often preceeded with a stock letter Q. Model 1894s had a Purdey style pushbutton forearm, and serial numbers in the 100,000 range, often preceeded by a stock letter P. According to the table in Charles Semmer's book on Remington doubles 307,483 would have been made in 1901.

[terryc]

Thank you researcher.
I have the damascus barrel version of the model 1900. All this time I thought that I had a A grade model 1894.

Terry