remington model 12 .22 rifle serial number

#REMINGTON MODEL 12 .22 RIFLE SERIAL NUMBER HOW TO#
#REMINGTON MODEL 12 .22 RIFLE SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER#

I have one with a mis-matched bolt that shoots as well as the one that matches. Best to leave them like this unless you want to have then re-headspaced to make them shoot well again. As stated in previous post, the bolts are headspaced to the action they are now in. You will find 40XB actions with 40X bolts and 40X's with 40XB bolts. We know that the contracts continued with the 40XB version which wasn't availble till 1964. In Batha's book, he mentions the contracts stopped in 1961 with 20,000 rifles. Both actions had standard and heavy barrel versions though most of the 40X's are standard and the 40XB's are heavy barrel. The B is what makes it a 40XB heavy barrel. The reason for the B is this is when the 722/40X action was phased out and the 700/40XB action started. There were various contracts during the next 10+ years. The contracts actually started in 1955 with 30 heavy barrel 40X rifles going to Ft Knox. The Marines had thier rifles marked just USMC and no 'property'. There does appear to be serveral Gov't agencies buying the rifles over about ten years so the markings are most likely Army, DOD, Navy and Air Force related. IE BXXXXXX or XXXXXB not sure why that is either. If your rifle is a heavy barrel then it should have a B in the S/N. US, US Gov't Property, US Property and no marking other than the Remington 40X. Your rifle can be marked at least four ways also. There's no GI rifles 'before 1957 as far as I've heard of. Some times there's three letters on these rifles and I'm not sure if anyone has a good answer for that. There's no hard and fast rules for GI guns. The heavy barrel rifles started about 1959 and ended 1966 aprox. If your rifle is a Standard barrel it will be made between 1957 to 1964 aprox. When you receive your rifle there will be some letters and symbols on the left side. Remington rifles have a code/date on the left side of the barrel just forward of the receiver. Here's a copy of my PM I sent to a Hide guy today.

Short is it's the same as all Remington rifles.

#REMINGTON MODEL 12 .22 RIFLE SERIAL NUMBER HOW TO#

Here's a link to the Model 12 on Remington's site.Īnd, a link to download the manual for it.I've had several people ask me how to date a 40X. There should be some letters on the left-hand side of the barrel which will give the month and year of ing the following link. I think you've pretty well identified what you have.Ī Remington Model 12 Gallery Special (use only.

it has an octagonal barrel, longer than 20 inches ( Approximatly 24 inches with threading), on the top of the barrel in front of the reciever it is stamped Remington Trademark 22 Short Redneckyankee85 wrote:I have a Remington pump action rifle, from what i have been able to find out, it is a model 12, that is about all I know, I want to find out what year it was made and what make of the model 12 it is. So my questions are, can anyone tell me what year this would be from approximatly, and also what version of the Model 12 it is, I have seen online that there were many different varieties of the 12 made. and if it helps, the rifle has a flip up rear sight.

#REMINGTON MODEL 12 .22 RIFLE SERIAL NUMBER SERIAL NUMBER#

The Serial Number is RW 519042 I think, I found that on the bottom of the reciever. On the side of the reciever it says Gallery Special, has a crescent buttplate, and what I guess should be called a semi pistol grip, the only other things I can say about it is that behind the trigger guard is stamped Remington UMC Trademark, and that is stamped on the buttplate as well. it has an octagonal barrel, longer than 20 inches (Approximatly 24 inches with threading), on the top of the barrel in front of the reciever it is stamped Remington Trademark 22 Short I have a Remington pump action rifle, from what i have been able to find out, it is a model 12, that is about all I know, I want to find out what year it was made and what make of the model 12 it is.

Remington model 12 .22 rifle serial number