1. Beretta Serial Numbers Manufacture Dates
2. Hp Serial Number Manufacture Date
3. Weatherby Serial Numbers Manufacture Dates
4. Savage Arms Serial Numbers Manufacture Date
5. Date Of Manufacture
6. Unertl Serial Number Manufacture Date

The following serial number information is for Remingtion firearms manufactured after 1921. Remingtons 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, for example B=January, L= February and so on. Serial numbers that begin with a “C” were.45 ACP and serial numbers that begin with a “W” were.455 Webley calibers. 4) Colt M1911 British RAF Contract: S/N W91,100 to W110,696 = Jan. 22, 1918 to April 28, 1919 (Approx. 10,000 pistols were shipped to the Royal Air Force from this serial number range and were.455 Webley caliber.). Enter the serial number, without spaces or dashes, to search the database. If multiple models appear for your serial number simply match the date with the appropriate model, as certain vintage firearms can share serial numbers between different models. The following serial number information is for Remingtion firearms manufactured after 1921. Remingtons 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, for example B=January, L= February and so on.

Have you ever been at a HamFest trying to figure out just when that rare FT 101e or somesuch was built? You see lots of alphanumerics but not a clue about the date of manufacture. Well, Kevin – K7ZS – of the Willamette Valley DX Club http://wvdxc.org/ , lets his Yaesu geek flag fly as he shares the tricks to decoding Yaesu’s production dates….
The secret to Yaesu’s serial numbers gives you the key to determining a radio’s age

The serial number is usually 2 letters, followed by 6 numbers: 0J123987

The first digit of the serial number is the last digit of the year of manufacture, the second digit of the serial number will be a letter, the letters spot in the alphabet – 2 equals month Then

C – January
D – February
E – March
F – April
G – May
H – June
I – July
J – August
K – September
L – October
M – November
N – December

Next 3 numbers are a ‘batch id’, and the last 3 numbers are the actual unit within the batch.

So, in my example:
0 – in this case probably year 2000, (they don’t provide for producing an exact model over 10 years!)
J – August
123 – batch #123
987 – radio # 987 in batch 123

Impress your fellow Yaesu nerds with this bit of magic!

When was my rifle made?

After 1921, Remington employed a “date code” system which consists of a series of letters identifying the month and year of manufacture. This date code is typically 2-3 letters hand stamped on the jacket head (refer to the photograph below for location). The first letter in the code represents the month, the second (and sometimes third) letter represents the year. It is not uncommon for these letters to be stamped sideways.

When a rifle was returned to Remington for a repair, the factory would stamp a repair code. These codes read the same as the date code, but were followed by a “3”. It is not uncommon to find the “3” stamped backwards. For those rifles manufactured prior to 1921, rifles not found with a date code, or rifles found with ONLY a repair code, these will be dated best by using the serial number list at the bottom of the page.

Determining month of manufacture (FIRST LETTER)

B – January

L – February

A – March

C – April

K – May

P – June

O – July

W – August

D – September

E – October

R – November

X – December

Determining year of manufacture (SECOND AND/OR THIRD LETTERS),

M – 1921 D – 1935

N – 1922 E – 1936

P– 1923 F – 1937

R – 1924 G – 1938

S – 1925 H – 1939

T – 1926 J – 1940

U – 1927 K – 1941

W – 1928 L – 1942

X – 1929 MM – 1943

Y – 1930 NN – 1944

Z – 1931 PP – 1945

A – 1932 RR – 1946

B – 1933 SS – 1947

C – 1934 TT – 1948

UU – 1949 WW – 1950

These are the last serial numbers for each year of production for the Model 8

Year – Serial – Total

1906~2266 2266

1907~7754 5488

1908~12439 4685

1909~17168 4729

1910~21889 4721

1911~26489 4600

1912~30063 3574

1913~33041 2978

1914~35187 2146

1915~36938 1751

1916~38469 1711

1917~39918 1449

Beretta Serial Numbers Manufacture Dates

1918~40917 999

1919~42009 1092

1920~44825 2816

1921~45938 1113

1922~47297 1359

1923~48826 1529

1924~50136 1310

1925~51519 1383

1926~53160 1641

1927~55878 2718

1928~58741 2863

1929~61467 2726

1930~64024 2557

1931~65465 1441

1932~66360 895

1933~66867 507

1934~67676 809

1935~68841 1165

1936~69581 1010

1937~69485 96

1938~69488 3

1939~69490 2

* Despite these production totals, rifles as high as 69929 have been observed

These are the last serial numbers for each year of production for the Model 81

Year – Serial – Total

1936~1675 1675

1937~4895 3220

1938~6862 1967

1939~8872 2010

1940~12623 3751

Hp Serial Number Manufacture Date

1941~17748 5125

1942~21575 3827

1943~21579 4

1944~21694 115

1945~23809 2115

1946~30525 6716

Weatherby Serial Numbers Manufacture Dates

1947~37104 6579

Savage Arms Serial Numbers Manufacture Date

1948~43778 6674

1949~51187 7409

Date Of Manufacture

1950~55581 4394

Unertl Serial Number Manufacture Date

* Despite these production totals, rifles as high as 57949 have been observed