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  1. The W ahead of the serial number indicates that your Remington 870 wingmaster was made in 1972. When was your 870 wingmaster made with serial number804854v? Contact Remington Customer Service thru.
  2. Its receiver is marked on the left side 'Remington Wingmaster MODEL 870 with the correct serial number of S092693V. The barrel is marked on the left side '12 GA. For 2 3/4 OR SHORTER SHELLS', “MOD.” as well as “ARH” representing a build date of 03/1968.
  3. REMINGTON 870 SERIAL NUMBER AGE. Contacting Remington Customer Service with the serial number is the best way to verify date of manufacture. Remington Arms Company, LLC 870 Remington Drive. Remington 700 Serial Number Lookup is based on information from Remington company. It is possible to find out Remington 700 age by serial number.
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1968: no serial number prefix 1968 to present: letters used (in sequence) l-68, m-74, n-78, p-85, r-90 letter suffix same structure as the m/870 m/1187 letter prefix 1987 to present: “pc” 12 ga., 1999 “tl“ 20 ga., 2000 “sm” super mag. Letter suffix no letter suffix on this model. The serial number is. The following serial number information is for. Remingtion firearms manufactured after 1921. Remingtons manufactured after 1921 have a code located on the. Remington 870 Serial Numbers Date Of Manufacture. I receive many questions about Remington serial number. It will work with Remington 700 or any Remington. Early 870 Express models did not have 'Magnum' roll marked on the receiver. As Huntsman27 said, look for the 'M' in the serial number. Remington's early low-end 870 were calles 'Sportsman's', later they became 'Express' models. For the first few years the Express models had a steel trigger assembly.

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Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:50 am
Call or email Remington and give them the serial number, they will tell you when it was born, however keep in mind they do make errors.
Back up what they tell you with this information;
DECODING REMINGTON SERIAL NUMBERS
Model 870 LETTER PREFIX
1950 TO APPROX 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIX
1968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE)
S-68, T-74, V-78, W-84, X-90, A-91, B-94, C-97, D-01, AB-05
Model 870 LETTER SUFFIX (DESIGNATES GAUGE)
V 12 GA. (2 3/4”)
M 12 GA. MAGNUM (3”)
A 12 GA. “SUPER” MAGNUM (3 ½”)
W 16 GA. ( 2 ¾” )
X 20 GA. “HEAVY FRAME” (DISCONTINUED)
N 20 GA. “HEAVY FRAME MAGNUM” (DISCONTINUED)
K 20 GA. “LIGHT WEIGHT” (“LW”) (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”)
U 20 GA. LW MAGNUM (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”)
J 28 GA.
H .410 BORE (2 ½” OR 3”)
Model 1100 LETTER PREFIX
1963 TO APPROX. 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIX
1968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE)
L-68, M-74, N-78, P-85, R-90
Model 1100 LETTER SUFFIX
SAME STRUCTURE AS THE Model 870 listed above
Model 1187 LETTER PREFIX
1987 TO PRESENT: “PC” 12 GA., 1999 “TL“ 20 GA.,
2000 “SM” SUPER MAG.
LETTER SUFFIX
NO LETTER SUFFIX ON THIS MODEL
Then look on the left side of the barrel near the receiver and look for a two letter date code stamp and follow this chart with the first letter being the month and the second being the year the barrel was made;
Month
B - Jan L - Feb A - Mar C - Apr K - May P - Jun
O - Jul W - Aug D - Sep E - Oct R - Nov X - Dec
Year
M - 1921 N - 1922 P - 1923 R - 1924 S - 1925
T - 1926 U - 1927 W - 1928 X - 1929 Y - 1930
Z - 1931 A - 1932 B - 1933 C - 1934 D - 1935
E - 1936 F - 1937 G - 1938 H - 1939 J - 1940
K - 1941 L - 1942 MM - 1943 NN - 1944 PP - 1945
RR - 1946 SS - 1947 TT - 1948 UU - 1949 WW - 1950
XX - 1951 YY - 1952 ZZ - 1953 A - 1954 B - 1955
C - 1956 D - 1957 E - 1958 F - 1959 G - 1960
H - 1961 J - 1962 K - 1963 L - 1964 M - 1965
N - 1966 P - 1967 R - 1968 S - 1969 T - 1970
U - 1971 W - 1972 X - 1973 Y - 1974 Z - 1975
I - 1976 O - 1977 Q - 1978 V - 1979 A - 1980
B - 1981 C - 1982 D - 1983 E - 1984 F - 1985
G - 1986 H - 1987 I - 1988 J - 1989 K - 1990
L - 1991 M - 1992 N - 1993 O - 1994 P - 1995
Q - 1996 R - 1997 S - 1998 T - 1999 (*) U - 2000 (*)
V - 2001 (*) W - 2002 X - 2003 Y - 2004 Z - 2005
A - 2006 B - 2007 C - 2008 D - 2009 E - 2010
F - 2011 G - 2012 H - 2013 I - 2014
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