Remington 742 Woodsmaster Serial Numbers



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Here is some information that you can get from you serial number after 1921
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. The following letters correspond to the months of the year
Month Codes: [first letter]
B - L - A - C - K - P - O - W - D - E - R - X
1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10 - 11 - 12
Year:---------Code: [second and/or third letters]
1930----------Y
1931----------Z
1932----------A
1933----------B
1934----------C
1935----------D
1936----------E
1937----------F
1938----------G
1939----------H
1940---------- J
1941---------- K
1942---------- L
1943---------- MMZ
1944---------- NN
1945---------- PP
1946---------- RR
1947---------- SS
1948---------- TT
1949---------- UU
1950---------- WW
1951---------- XX
1952---------- YY
1953---------- ZZ
1954---------- A
1955---------- B
1956---------- C
1957---------- D
1958---------- E
1959---------- F
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
1981---------- B
1982---------- C
1983---------- D
1984---------- E
1985---------- F
1986---------- G
1987---------- H
1988---------- I
1989---------- J
1990---------- K
1991---------- L
1992---------- M
1993---------- N
1994---------- O
1995---------- P
1996---------- Q
1997---------- R
1998---------- S
1999---------- T
2000---------- U
2001---------- W
2002---------- X
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.
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.
(*) On 8/9/99, stopped stamping the barrels with the date code. They continued to mark the date code on the end flap of the shipping box. They resumed stamping the date code on the barrel on 10/1/01.
Also http://oldguns.net/sn_php/remdates.php
  1. Remington Model 742 Woodsmaster Serial Numbers
  2. Remington 742 Woodsmaster Reviews

Description: Autoloading, gas operated improvement of Model 740, 4-shot detachable magazine

  • The Model 742 serial number sequence was changed on November 26, 1968 as a result of the 1968 Gun Control Act that required no two guns from the same manufacturer have the same serial number. The initial Model 742 serial number sequence began at 1001 and ended at 396562. The new serial number sequence, now shared with the Model 760 pump-action rifle.
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Remington dates of manufacture Remington made use of a two or three letter Firearms Identification Code that can be located on the left side of the barrel, just ahead of the frame. The first letter of the code identifes the month, the other letter(s) identify the year.

Introduction Year: 1960 Joyeux noel!.

Year Discontinued: 1980

Total Production: Approximately: 1,433,269

Designer/Inventor: Research & Development

Remington Model 742 Woodsmaster Serial Numbers

The young united statesmr. macs class 2019 20. Action Type: Semi-automatic gas operated

Caliber/Gauge: .243 Win, 6mm Remington, .280 Remington, .30-06, .308 Win

Remington 742 Woodsmaster Reviews

Remington

January 31st, 2013. Serial Number Blocks:
1951-1967 1,000-541,000
1968-1975 6,900,000-7,499,999
1975-1978 A6,900,000-A7,499,999
1978-1981 B6,900,000-B7,499,999

Grades Offered:
742A Standard
742ADL Deluxe
742BDL Deluxe
742CDL Deluxe Carbine
742C Carbine

742

Variations:
150th Year Anniversary
Canadian Centennial (1967)
Bicentennial 200th United States Anniversary (1976)