Year Made

[BlackSnake]

I inherited a Remington 742 and thought I might look up the year it was born, but not sure where to find that info. I went to Remington's web site but I couldnt find where to enter the numbers. I believe it a late 60's or early 70's model.

[silverhatch]

This thread needs pictures.

[YALE]

The first letter in the serial number is the month, and the second (and as the progressed, the second and third) is the year code. 742's were made between 1960, and 1980, so here's a table from another site for the second digit of the Remington serial numbers, and their associated years:

1960_______ G
1961_______ H
1962_______ J
1963_______ K
1964_______ L
1965_______ M
1966_______ N
1967_______ P
1968_______ R
1969_______ S
1970_______ T
1971_______ U
1972_______ W
1973_______ X
1974_______ Y
1975_______ Z
1976_______ I
1977_______ O
1978_______ Q
1979_______ V
1980_______ A

[BlackSnake]

The first letter in the serial number is the month, and the second (and as the progressed, the second and third) is the year code. 742's were made between 1960, and 1980, so here's a table from another site for the second digit of the Remington serial numbers, and their associated years:

1960_______ G
1961_______ H
1962_______ J
1963_______ K
1964_______ L
1965_______ M
1966_______ N
1967_______ P
1968_______ R
1969_______ S
1970_______ T
1971_______ U
1972_______ W
1973_______ X
1974_______ Y
1975_______ Z
1976_______ I
1977_______ O
1978_______ Q
1979_______ V
1980_______ A

That cant be right. Mine starts with A709

[YALE]

Weird. Is that the number on the barrel, or the receiver? Supposedly the ones on the barrel have the month knocked off, which would make that a 1980 model.

[BlackSnake]

Weird. Is that the number on the barrel, or the receiver? Supposedly the ones on the barrel have the month knocked off, which would make that a 1980 model.

My bad. That was the numbers on the reciever. I'll look later when I get my contacts back in my eyes. lol

[BlackSnake]

Looks like RZ 41.