In 1930, they introduced the 20-gauge Model 11. Circa 1927/8 they changed the safety from the lever inside the trigger guard to a crossbolt behind the trigger. In 1920 the company name changed again to Remington Arms Co., Inc. Shortly after that Rem-UMC began calling that gun the Model No. The company name was changed to Remington Arms - Union Metallic Cartridge Co. Browning designed, 'Remington Autoloading Gun' in 1905. introduced their 12-gauge, five-shot, John M. Also probably an inspector's mark or two in that area. 30, 1919?!?ħ6033X Side - After WW-II, probably 1947.įor the guns made after 1921, you can look for a two- or three-letter date code on the left side of the barrel, usually between the front edge of the receiver and the choke marking. The factory ledger gives 199611 as the high number on Sept. It gives by month, the highest serial number receiver put into production, but doesn't tell when the gun was actually finished or when it was actually shipped/sold.ġ9705X Bottom - 1917 from James Tipton's list. His list is the best we have for the early guns, but on the Remington Society's web site is the old factory ledger from between the wars.
web site, but unfortunately I didn't print off a copy. He actually improved the list for a later version of the article that was on the Remington Arms Co. There is an extrapolated serial number list in James Tipton's article on these guns that appeared in the 2nd Quarter 2000 issue of the RSA's magazine.
