I hope you don't mind if I ask and of course you don't have to answer, but I'm curious as to whether you're THE 'Rocky Bleier'.the former player for the Pittsburgh Steelers. If the letter 'G' preceeds the SN/ then it was made in 1960. I recently purchased a 700 BDL 7MM Mag I would like to know date of. Lacy, page 192, describes letter (date) codes that prefix the serial number. The letter prefix is somewhat helpful in at least coming up with about a 5-year range of manufacturing dates. Not sure if this helps, but 'The Remington 700', by John F. So, in summary, my personal belief is that the serial numbers are kind of meaningless in relation to the process of dating them. So, obviously, that action had been made years earlier than when it had the barrel attached and finished. 280 Remington with a different designation) with a barrel date code of January of 1980 (consistent with the sales date range of that caliber), but the serial number (A3201XXX) is lower than a Model 700 with a barrel date code of March 1978 and serial number of A6589XXX that I have. (their idiotic attempt to reintroduce the. For an example, I have a Model 700 BDL in 7mm Exp. serial number along with Remington MODEL 700 AAC. I've personally seen and others have reported that actions can lay around for some years before having barrels attached. This Remington has a long and distinguished history in the military, police and civilian use that was an evolution of the Remington 721 and 722 series of rifles, which began in 1948. The CF stamped in the left side of the barrel is the date code and the C represents April and F. The barrel date codes are the most accurate to determine when they were made.

I've never seen one or seen a reference to any that may exist. Do you know of a link to serial number dates? I trust your knowledge, but would still be interested in seeing a 'list.' Rocky Bleier wrote:You're correct, it is on the action.

Remington 700 serial number date code