Question on 1932 Model 11 Autoloader

[Virginian]

The date code on the barrel is November 1932. I can almost guarantee you no one at Remington will have a clue about the numbers on the bottom of the barrel. Researcher might. I do not. I thought the barrels were serial numbered to the gun. Maybe someone replaced the barrel at some point. I do not know enough about Model 11s to say if that barrel date matches the serial number date. Or they could be an assembly code, a craftman's inspection code, an assembly code, anything. Gun looks to be in very good condition, well cared for. Good luck.
Oops. I just enlarged my screen and I see that the barrel is serial numbered to the gun. Sorry.

[Researcher]

With the company name on the barrel of Remington Arms - Union Metallic Cartridge Co. it indicates the barrel was made between 1911 and 1916. Serial number 141114 would be a late 1911 gun. The RA3 is a repair code -- R = November, A = 1932, 3 = repair. Possibly the repair was a new butt stock, as the grip style shown on the gun was not in use in 1911 when the gun was made --



but was in 1932.

Very likely no one still alive knows what the D123 and various letters on the bottom of the barrel represent.

[Fowlgunner]

The stock styling looks exactly right for the first transition from round knob to flat knob. It can be verified to the gun by checking the serial number stamping under the lower tang, of course this will require removal of the stock.

This transition evolved as the radius of the grip evolved.

Below 180,000 serial numbers are considered type I stocks.

The earliest catalogue that I have that shows these is 1918-19, but I have seen the flat knob in advertisements from as early as 1915.

The gun is in extremely nice condition for it's age, whether it is original condition or a 1932 factory re-blue and refinish are hard to ascertain with out close inspection.

Thanks for sharing, Will