Remington 1917 serial number lookup

Hi guys, Picked up this U. Over the summer. Lost count after a bit.

He got them during the LA riots not sure from whom. Hoping you might be able to find something on this. One is a broken circle with maybe a flame above it. An eagle head with maybe Roman numerals below. A smaller eagles head with different numbers but same design as the larger. The last is again maybe an eagle but all have different numbers or letters really tiny below.

Remington 1917 serial number lookup

Forgotten Your Password? Remember Me? Photo Gallery Photo Gallery Options. Page 1 of 2 1 2 Last Jump to page: Results 1 to 10 of Remington M Serial Number High serial number Hello, New to the forum and hoping someone can help me with a date of manufacture on an M I inherited the gun from my father and my recollection is that it was given to him by my aunt in the late 60's early 70's as a birthday gift. The gun was sort of a "finish it yourself" sporterized "kit rifle. It has what I believe to be a commercial barrel chambered in The rear sight ears were still on it however my father many years ago had them milled off and the receiver drilled and tapped for a scope mount. I know that they had some leftover parts some of which were assembled into rifles, and some of which were perhaps sold off to the commercial market. Any help the members can give me on a manufacture date of this gun receiver would be greatly appreciated. Top Register To Reply.

Dannyjunkfish Posted December 21, The rifle was still full of factory grease. Remington Model of Post by semperdog » Tue Feb 26, pm Hi- I'm a brand new member, hope someone can help!!

United States. Luckily several US companies were finishing up production of British Pattern 14 rifles for the British war effort. It was decided best to modify the P design to fire the. The model, manufacturer, and serial number are marked on top of the receiver. The serial number of XXX puts production of this rifle sometime in July of Just behind the front site is the barrel manufacture's initial, ordnance bomb, and manufacture date. With a manufacturer mark of "E" indicating Eddystone and a manufacture date of , I think it is safe to assume this is the original barrel on this rifle.

Your annual membership will bring you in contact with those who share your Remington interests. It has lots of interesting articles on Remington firearms, ammunition, collectibles and Remington history! Your membership also includes attendance at annual RSA meetings, annual historical seminars at Remington-related locations, and participation with fellow Remington collectors at all the major gun shows in the U. Click on here to take you to the sign-up page. Remington Dates of Manufacture. The following serial number information is for Remingtion firearms manufactured after Remingtons manufactured after have a code located on the left side of the barrel near the frame that identifies the year and month of manufacture. Using these barrel codes to date a shotgun is somewhat unreliable, as shotgun barrels are often interchanged at random. One needs to be sure that the barrel is original to the gun before trusting the Barrel Code listing, above. They continued to mark the date code on the end flap of the shipping box.

Remington 1917 serial number lookup

By jimmy9fingers1 30 September , in Arms and other weapons. I was wondering if anyone could tell me, are M Rifles stamped up like SMLE's with regards to serial numbers on various components etc ,. Most other major components have very small assembly stamps on them eagle head with number - identifying assembler. Thanks 4th Gordons, these rifles don't seem to have been as well documented as SMLE'S and not that many people know about them. Also, on the top of the M rifle's barrel and behind the front sight carrier, is stamped a letter which indicates where the rifle was made, i.

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The shop owner called a friend who provided a different action for rework and took this one home. It is documented that Winchester assembled rifles until April hoping that the M would be adopted as US standard. Sign In Now. Posted December 20, Holy Smoke that's nice. I have to find my source but I remember reading that several of the manufacturers namely Winchester and Remington kept on building spare parts well into early With a manufacturer mark of "E" indicating Eddystone and a manufacture date of , I think it is safe to assume this is the original barrel on this rifle. History in Firearms. They are useful, but far from comprehensive list of serial numbers. The rifle is odd in the fact that the serial number XX is higher than Remington's recorded serial 's accepted by the US Gov't. Jimmy I hope the following satisfies your curiousity.

To purchase a Model on GunsAmerica. If you would like to explore this subject in greater detail, you can obtain a copy of the page book from Mowbray Publishing, 54 East School St. The government had approximately , M Springfield rifles on hand along with along , obsolete Krag rifles, which were totally insufficient to meet the project demand.

Highly Recommended. I looked up Remington production numbers in Nick Ferris' book on the The receiver obviously is a Remington, the underside of the bolt handle is stamped "R" so the bolt is also Remington, the bolt release, safety and magazine box are all stamped "E" Eddystone while the magazine follower is stamped "W" Winchester so the rifle is a mongrel. I certainly have plenty of background reading, The U. Thanks all for your knowledge. We filmed every Great War Rifle that we could get hold of and could get ammunition for - it was a lot. Posted 4 October , The time now is AM. I read that the red stripes were on to avoid the confusion of mixing the rifle up with the p14 which fired. It's easy! Only a small percentage of serial numbers are listed.