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- What Year Was My Remington 742 Made
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- Remington 742 Woodsmaster Dating
After 1921, Remington employed a “date code” system which consists of a series of letters identifying the month and year of manufacture. This date code is typically 2-3 letters hand stamped on the jacket head (refer to the photograph below for location). The first letter in the code represents the month, the second (and sometimes third) letter represents the year. It is not uncommon for these letters to be stamped sideways.
Here this listing of serial #'s fir the Remington Woodsmaster 742Serial Number Blocks:1951-1967 1,000-5-1975 6,900,000-7,4-1978 A6,900,000-A7,4-1981 B6,900,000-B7,499. Fortunately for collectors, it is not difficult to determine a rifle's age, as beginning in 1921, Remington began imprinting serial numbers on the barrel of each rifle it produced. These numbers – along with some basic knowledge about the rifle model itself – is all that the collector needs in order to determine the age of his rifle. Rare Remington Model 742 6mm Rem Description: An early Remington model 742 Woodmaster in the hard to find 6mm Remington caliber.The barrel code is LK,designating a manufacture date of February of 1963.This rifle is in outstanding all original condition.It retains 98% of the original blue and wood finish.It retains the origina aluminum buttplate.The bore is mint with sharp rifling.The rifle. May 22, 2016 'The Model 742 serial number sequence was changed on November 26, 1968 as a result of the 1968 Gun Control Act that required no two guns from the same manufacturer have the same serial number. The initial Model 742 serial number sequence began at 1001 and ended at 396562. It also does not have a jeweled bolt, serial number is inthe lower 300,000 range. And ports an early K12 Weaver scope on redfield rings and bases. The barrel code is ULRA. Now U doesn't fit in with the month code which is the first part of the date. It is however a mark that Remington uses on the bases of its.22 ammo.
When a rifle was returned to Remington for a repair, the factory would stamp a repair code. These codes read the same as the date code, but were followed by a “3”. It is not uncommon to find the “3” stamped backwards. For those rifles manufactured prior to 1921, rifles not found with a date code, or rifles found with ONLY a repair code, these will be dated best by using the serial number list at the bottom of the page.
Determining month of manufacture (FIRST LETTER)
B – January
L – February
A – March
C – April
K – May
P – June
O – July
W – August
D – September
E – October
R – November
X – December
Determining year of manufacture (SECOND AND/OR THIRD LETTERS),
M – 1921 D – 1935
N – 1922 E – 1936
P– 1923 F – 1937
R – 1924 G – 1938
S – 1925 H – 1939
T – 1926 J – 1940
U – 1927 K – 1941
W – 1928 L – 1942
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X – 1929 MM – 1943
Y – 1930 NN – 1944
Z – 1931 PP – 1945
A – 1932 RR – 1946
B – 1933 SS – 1947
C – 1934 TT – 1948
UU – 1949 WW – 1950
These are the last serial numbers for each year of production for the Model 8
Year – Serial – Total
1906~2266 2266
1907~7754 5488
1908~12439 4685
1909~17168 4729
1910~21889 4721
1911~26489 4600
1912~30063 3574
1913~33041 2978
1914~35187 2146
1915~36938 1751
1916~38469 1711
1917~39918 1449
1918~40917 999
1919~42009 1092
1920~44825 2816
1921~45938 1113
1922~47297 1359
1923~48826 1529
1924~50136 1310
1925~51519 1383
1926~53160 1641
1927~55878 2718
1928~58741 2863
1929~61467 2726
1930~64024 2557
1931~65465 1441
1932~66360 895
1933~66867 507
1934~67676 809
1935~68841 1165
1936~69581 1010
1937~69485 96
1938~69488 3
1939~69490 2
* Despite these production totals, rifles as high as 69929 have been observed
These are the last serial numbers for each year of production for the Model 81
Year – Serial – Total
1936~1675 1675
1937~4895 3220
1938~6862 1967
1939~8872 2010
1940~12623 3751
1941~17748 5125
1942~21575 3827
1943~21579 4
1944~21694 115
What Year Was My Remington 742 Made
1945~23809 2115
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1946~30525 6716
1947~37104 6579
1948~43778 6674
1949~51187 7409
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1950~55581 4394
* Despite these production totals, rifles as high as 57949 have been observed