Hi. I'm sitting here cleaning my dad's old Wingmaster that he handed down to me. His dad gave it to him when he was very young back in the late 50's. And it was used then.
I've been trying to find the date it was made but the letters on the barrel don't make much sense according to the date charts.
The letters are PCR. The C could be an O but it's hard to tell. From what I can gather, it was made in June. But the C and the R don't seem to go together. I assume that any 3 letter codes would have the last 2 letters as being the same.
Anyway, the serial number is 484561V and it is a Remington model 870 Wingmaster 12 guage shotgun 2 3/4 or smaller chamber.
The other side of the barrel has the sideways M or W and the letters REP in an oval.
If someone could narrow down the date for me I'd reall appreciate it.
Thank you.
870 Wingmaster Date?
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Excellent information, that was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for the quick reply.
Now that you mention it, the R does seem to be spaced a bit farther from the other 2 leters, indicating that it was probably stamped at a different time than the first 2. The Date also seems to fit with the anecdotal evidence that goes along with the shotgun.
It's a wonderful shotgun by the way and I have many years of great memories connected with it. It will roll a squirrel out of a TALL tree when other shotguns in the group will barely reach. When I work the action it has a nice metallic ring that can no longer be found in modern shotguns.
There are 2 nice dents in the side of the buttstock that I wouldn't repair for a million dollars, because they have a nice story connected to them. My grandfather (dad's dad) shot a nice buck with the shotgun one day using slugs I assume. He walked up to the deer which looked dead and all of a sudden it jumped up and started coming right at him. Well, not having time to ready the shotgun to shoot it again, grandad grabbed it by the barrel and walloped the buck right across the head, sending it down again. The 2 marks on the stock are from the antlers and they tell a story better than any words I can type could.
Great shotgun with a great piece of history attached to it. I plan on keeping it for the rest of my life and then leaving it to my son.
Thanks again for the info.
Now that you mention it, the R does seem to be spaced a bit farther from the other 2 leters, indicating that it was probably stamped at a different time than the first 2. The Date also seems to fit with the anecdotal evidence that goes along with the shotgun.
It's a wonderful shotgun by the way and I have many years of great memories connected with it. It will roll a squirrel out of a TALL tree when other shotguns in the group will barely reach. When I work the action it has a nice metallic ring that can no longer be found in modern shotguns.
There are 2 nice dents in the side of the buttstock that I wouldn't repair for a million dollars, because they have a nice story connected to them. My grandfather (dad's dad) shot a nice buck with the shotgun one day using slugs I assume. He walked up to the deer which looked dead and all of a sudden it jumped up and started coming right at him. Well, not having time to ready the shotgun to shoot it again, grandad grabbed it by the barrel and walloped the buck right across the head, sending it down again. The 2 marks on the stock are from the antlers and they tell a story better than any words I can type could.
Great shotgun with a great piece of history attached to it. I plan on keeping it for the rest of my life and then leaving it to my son.
Thanks again for the info.