They resumed stamping the date code on the barrel on 10/1/01. They continued to mark the date code on the end flap of the shipping box. (*) On 8/9/99, stopped stamping the barrels with the date code. One needs to be sure that the barrel is original to the gun before trusting the Barrel Code listing, above. Using these barrel codes to date a shotgun is somewhat unreliable, as shotgun barrels are often interchanged at random. Using barrel codes (such as those listed above) to date the manufacture are reliable on Remington rifles, as the company rarely changed barrels on a customer's rifle. The following letters correspond to the months of the yearī - L - A - C - K - P - O - W - D - E - R - Xġ - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12 Remington's manufactured after 1921 have a code located on the left side of the barrel near the frame that identifies the year and month of manufacture. Types 4,5,6 and 141 are stamped on left side of barrel.Here is some information that you can get from you serial number after 1921 ( Types 0,1,2,3 are stamped on the top of the barrel, REMINGTON ARMS UNION METALLIC CTG., CO., INC. REMINGTON ARMS–UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO. Open center ammunitution indicator (original)Īmmo indicator flush with receiver and “REM-UMC”Īmmo indicator flush with receiver and “UMC” S/N and model stamped on the site of receiver Smooth rop receiver, no anti glare wavy marks The patent dates, the shell head, loading gate, tang screws, wavy lines on receiver, sights etc, all these things indicate a slice of time. There were 20 some changes made during the life of the Model 14 and we know the order in which they were done. If not and you want to know for sure within a year or so you must look at the changes that the gun has with respect to the year when they were made. If the gun is new enough to have a date code then that is correct. Guns were not produced in strict serial number order.
In all, 125,020 Model 14 rifles and Model 14½ rifles were made in the 23 years of production through 1934, when they were discontinued and replaced by Remington Model 141 rifles. The Model 14½ was nearly identical to the Model 14, except for the chambering, barrel length and markings. 25 and the No.14½R Carbine (with 18½” barrel, straight-grip stock, and saddle ring) for $16. Remington’s retail price list dated January 12, 1914, offered the No.14❚ Standard Grade Rifle (with 22½” barrel and pistol-grip stock) for $17. The Remington Model 14½ Slide-Action, Sporting Rifle was introduced a year after the Model 14 rifle. The 1913-14 Remington catalog offered the hunting rifle in six grades: No.14A Standard Grade (with 22″ barrel and pistol-grip stock) for $20 00 No.14C Special Grade for $35 00 No.14D Peerless Grade for $55 00 No.14E Expert Grade for $70 00 No.14F Premier Grade for $105 00 and No.14R Carbine (with 18½” barrel, straight-grip stock, and saddle ring) for $18 00. Loomis assisted Pedersen, and the Remington Model 14 Slide-Action Rifle was introduced in August 1912. Petersen began working on a high-power, pump-action sporting rifle for Remington in September 1908, receiving U.S.