Remington Serial Number Lookup

Enter a Remington serial number to estimate the year it was made — using the Remington Society of America's transcription of Remington factory-record-book lists. It is an explicit first–last serial range, model by model and year by year (442 documented ranges, 1861–1956): your serial is matched against the interval Remington published for it, never guessed. Every result cites the chart row it came from.

What this chart actually covers. Remington coverage on this tool is two distinct products. (1) A barrel date-code reference (month letter + year letter, 1921–2012) published by the Remington Society of America; this tool records it but does not auto-decode it, because the year letters repeat across cycles (B = 1933/1955/1981/2007) and model context is needed to pick one. (2) Factory-record-book serial lists for named models only: Model 12 (1909–1938), Model 121 (1936–1956), Model 14 (1912–1939), Model 141 (1935–1950), the combined 1890–1931 year-end table (Models 4, 6, 8, 10, 11-12ga, 16, 17, 24, 25, 29 — second published year onward), Model 1889 / Model 1900 / Model 1894 shotguns, the Whitmore and 1882/1885/1887 E. Remington & Sons shotguns, Navy and Army percussion revolvers (1861–1876), and the WWII M1903 "Modified"/M1903A3 (3,000,000–4,187,457). Remington made hundreds of other models; a serial outside these lists gets an honest "not covered", never a guess.
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How dating a Remington by serial number works

Most serial charts give one number per year. Remington is different, and using the wrong method gives the wrong year — so it is worth knowing what the chart actually asserts.

An explicit serial range per model and year

For every charted model year Remington publishes the first and last serial number of each year, for example a bracketed interval per year. That is the most precise form of this data: your serial is not merely compared against a boundary, it falls inside a documented interval. Where two published ranges overlap, the tool gives you the span rather than picking one.

Serial numbers are not a factory letter. The chart gives the last serial recorded for each production year, model by model. A result sitting on a year boundary is an estimate from that chart, not a certificate.

Which Remington models this covers

The published chart covers 28 models across 442 ranges, and every one of them is listed on this page. There is no model beyond this table with data to search.

If your model is not listed, the published chart we hold does not cover it — the tool will say so rather than guess.

Published Remington serial ranges

442 documented ranges across 28 models, from the Remington Society of America's transcription of Remington factory-record-book lists. Transcribed one row per chart section, exactly as published — the coverage note above states what is not here.

ModelYearSerial range
Army Revolver 1862 1–425
Army Revolver 1862 425–875
Army Revolver 1862 875–1360
Army Revolver 1862 1360–2075
Army Revolver 1862 2075–2730
Army Revolver 1862 2730–3365
Army Revolver 1862 3365–5315
Army Revolver 1862 5315–6675
Army Revolver 1862 6675–7585
Army Revolver 1863 7585–10885
Army Revolver 1863 10885–14185
Army Revolver 1863 14185–17490
Army Revolver 1863 17490–20795
Army Revolver 1863 20795–24755
Army Revolver 1863 24755–27265
Army Revolver 1863 27265–29905
Army Revolver 1863 29905–34525
Army Revolver 1863 34525–37825
Army Revolver 1863 37825–42705
Army Revolver 1863 42705–47325
Army Revolver 1863 47325–51285
Army Revolver 1864 51285–54585
Army Revolver 1864 54585–59205
Army Revolver 1864 59205–65800
Army Revolver 1864 65800–69760
Army Revolver 1864 69760–75950
Army Revolver 1864 75950–83210
Army Revolver 1864 83210–89260
Army Revolver 1864 89260–96520
Army Revolver 1864 96520–101360
Army Revolver 1864 101360–107410
Army Revolver 1864 107410–113460
Army Revolver 1864 113460–124350
Army Revolver 1865 124350–132800
Army Revolver 1865 132800–141290
Army Revolver 1865 141290–148550
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1941 3000000–3000100
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1941 3000101–3001992
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1941 3001993–3009023
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1942 3009024–3020071
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1942 3020072–3035229
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1942 3035230–3054469
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1942 3054470–3078658
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1942 3078659–3109137
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1942 3109138–3139488
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1942 3139489–3170973
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1942 3170974–3202022
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1942 3202023–3228042
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1942 3228043–3258657
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1942 3258658–3295838
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1942 3295839–3339217
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1943 3339218–3388572
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1943 3388573–3458758
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1943 3458759–3520614
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1943 3520615–3573277
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1943 3573278–3710958
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1943 3710959–3780746
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1943 3780747–3824829
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1943 3824830–3888272
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1943 3888273–3955409
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1943 3955410–4023778
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1943 4023779–4088927
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1943 4088928–4147887
M1903 "Modified" / M1903A3 1944 4147888–4187457
Model 10 1908 53–26087
Model 10 1909 26088–43259
Model 10 1910 43260–58453
Model 10 1911 58454–76273
Model 10 1912 76274–95317
Model 10 1913 95318–115104
Model 10 1914 115105–129518
Model 10 1915 129519–141425
Model 10 1916 141426–149665
Model 10 1917 149666–158658
Model 10 1918 158659–166386
Model 10 1919 166387–173633
Model 10 1920 173634–193856
Model 10 1921 193857–199860
Model 10 1922 199861–209001
Model 10 1923 209002–221708
Model 10 1924 221709–232188
Model 10 1925 232189–241484
Model 10 1926 241485–251744
Model 10 1927 251745–262237
Model 10 1928 262238–271993
Model 10 1929 271994–275000
Model 10 1930 275001–275231
Model 10 1931 275232–275452
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1906 7808–24054
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1907 24055–28790
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1908 28791–53415
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1909 53416–71992
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1910 71993–91664
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1911 91665–109804
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1912 109805–127327
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1913 127328–144530
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1914 144531–157351
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1915 157352–169790
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1916 169791–179017
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1917 179018–187111
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1918 187112–192105
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1919 192106–199365
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1920 199366–220240
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1921 220241–229017
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1922 229018–243853
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1923 243854–263605
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1924 263606–279277
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1925 279278–292750
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1926 292751–306960
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1927 306961–321709
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1928 321710–340381
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1929 340382–358025
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1930 358026–366753
Model 11 (12 gauge) 1931 366754–369313
Model 12 1909 1–14286
Model 12 1910 14287–55104
Model 12 1911 55105–104041
Model 12 1912 104042–166538
Model 12 1913 166539–238343
Model 12 1914 238344–294526
Model 12 1915 294527–346127
Model 12 1916 346128–380878
Model 12 1917 380879–420494
Model 12 1918 420495–435286
Model 12 1919 435287–487227
Model 12 1920 487228–572736
Model 12 1921 572737–577487
Model 12 1922 577488–589629
Model 12 1923 589630–614827
Model 12 1924 614828–636022
Model 12 1925 636023–658172
Model 12 1926 658173–683868
Model 12 1927 683869–715297
Model 12 1928 715298–746994
Model 12 1929 746995–775579
Model 12 1930 775580–795404
Model 12 1931 795405–807620
Model 12 1932 807621–814345
Model 12 1933 814346–820637
Model 12 1934 820638–823800
Model 12 1935 823801–827715
Model 12 1936 827716–831745
Model 12 1937 831746–831752
Model 12 1938 831753–831753
Model 121 1936 1–1863
Model 121 1937 1864–15516
Model 121 1938 15517–23028
Model 121 1939 23029–37840
Model 121 1940 37841–43113
Model 121 1941 43114–54818
Model 121 1942 54819–61346
Model 121 1943 61347–61351
Model 121 1944 61352–61372
Model 121 1945 61373–69464
Model 121 1946 69465–82756
Model 121 1947 82757–98829
Model 121 1948 98830–115324
Model 121 1949 115325–134016
Model 121 1950 134017–152042
Model 121 1951 152043–168619
Model 121 1952 168620–181200
Model 121 1953 181201–194827
Model 121 1954 194828–199774
Model 121 1955 199775–199883
Model 121 1956 199884–199891
Model 14 1912 1–4943
Model 14 1913 4944–21363
Model 14 1914 21364–38245
Model 14 1915 38246–46759
Model 14 1916 46760–51890
Model 14 1917 51891–58623
Model 14 1918 58624–64453
Model 14 1919 64454–71440
Model 14 1920 71441–80482
Model 14 1921 80483–83182
Model 14 1922 83183–85227
Model 14 1923 85228–88007
Model 14 1924 88008–90522
Model 14 1925 90523–93586
Model 14 1926 93587–97369
Model 14 1927 97370–103336
Model 14 1928 103337–106606
Model 14 1929 106607–112397
Model 14 1930 112398–116400
Model 14 1931 116401–119609
Model 14 1932 119610–121306
Model 14 1933 121307–122597
Model 14 1934 122598–124599
Model 14 1935 124600–125037
Model 14 1936 125038–125052
Model 14 1937 125053–125054
Model 14 1939 125055–125056
Model 141 1935 1–2068
Model 141 1936 2069–8073
Model 141 1937 8074–15316
Model 141 1938 15317–20258
Model 141 1939 20259–24132
Model 141 1940 24133–29719
Model 141 1941 29720–36707
Model 141 1942 35708–39498
Model 141 1943 39499–39507
Model 141 1944 39508–39511
Model 141 1945 39512–42229
Model 141 1946 42230–49644
Model 141 1947 49645–57191
Model 141 1948 57192–64191
Model 141 1949 64192–72502
Model 141 1950 72503–76881
Model 16 1915 4317–9186
Model 16 1916 9187–10655
Model 16 1917 10656–11992
Model 16 1918 11993–12725
Model 16 1919 12726–13764
Model 16 1920 13765–15663
Model 16 1921 15664–16280
Model 16 1922 16281–16552
Model 16 1923 16553–16710
Model 16 1924 16711–16873
Model 16 1925 16874–17085
Model 16 1926 17086–17246
Model 16 1927 17247–17525
Model 16 1928 17526–17703
Model 16 1929 17704–17705
Model 17 1922 9078–14692
Model 17 1923 14693–21654
Model 17 1924 21655–27218
Model 17 1925 27219–33283
Model 17 1926 33284–39740
Model 17 1927 39741–46887
Model 17 1928 46888–54345
Model 17 1929 54346–59516
Model 17 1930 59517–62401
Model 1882 1882–1888 1000–17000
Model 1885 1885–1886 16700–20200
Model 1887 1886–1888 20200–23700
Model 1889 1889 30000–32199
Model 1889 1890 32200–36949
Model 1889 1891 36950–43012
Model 1889 1892 43013–49844
Model 1889 1893 49845–58879
Model 1889 1894 58880–66016
Model 1889 1895 66017–73571
Model 1889 1896 73572–76980
Model 1889 1897 76981–80389
Model 1889 1898 80390–89123
Model 1889 1899 89124–97714
Model 1889 1900 97715–105000
Model 1889 1900 200000–205934
Model 1889 1901 205935–221450
Model 1889 1902 221451–234803
Model 1889 1903 234804–240530
Model 1889 1904 240531–247581
Model 1889 1905 247582–251192
Model 1889 1906 251193–254394
Model 1889 1907 254395–257745
Model 1889 1908 257746–259246
Model 1889 1910 259247–259262
Model 1894 1894 100000–100660
Model 1894 1895 100661–103106
Model 1894 1896 103107–104144
Model 1894 1897 104145–106916
Model 1894 1898 106917–110895
Model 1894 1899 110896–116139
Model 1894 1900 116140–120932
Model 1894 1901 120933–123913
Model 1894 1902 123914–127017
Model 1894 1903 127018–129349
Model 1894 1904 129350–131263
Model 1894 1905 131264–133042
Model 1894 1906 133043–134627
Model 1894 1907 134628–136292
Model 1894 1908 136293–137319
Model 1894 1909 137320–137988
Model 1894 1910 137989–141194
Model 1894 Rem. Spcl. 1902–1910 400000–400012
Model 1900 1900 300000–305000
Model 1900 1901 305001–317502
Model 1900 1902 317503–337038
Model 1900 1903 337039–343893
Model 1900 1904 343894–350207
Model 1900 1905 350208–354620
Model 1900 1906 354621–363060
Model 1900 1907 363061–372117
Model 1900 1908 372118–377925
Model 1900 1909 377926–382072
Model 1900 1910 382073–398507
Model 24 1922 48–10796
Model 24 1923 10797–19019
Model 24 1924 19020–23776
Model 24 1925 23777–29193
Model 24 1926 29194–36484
Model 24 1927 36485–50125
Model 24 1928 50126–68814
Model 24 1929 68815–86627
Model 24 1930 86628–101499
Model 24 1931 101500–111780
Model 25 1923 27–6868
Model 25 1924 6869–9252
Model 25 1925 9253–10930
Model 25 1926 10931–12905
Model 25 1927 12906–15980
Model 25 1928 15981–19970
Model 25 1929 19971–22948
Model 25 1930 22949–24820
Model 25 1931 24821–25784
Model 29 1930 14537–20210
Model 29 1931 20211–20762
Model 4 1906 163885–174687
Model 4 1907 174688–186138
Model 4 1908 186139–194559
Model 4 1909 194560–201810
Model 4 1910 201811–206670
Model 4 1911 206671–213606
Model 4 1912 213607–220763
Model 4 1913 220764–238447
Model 4 1915 238448–241171
Model 4 1916 241172–245860
Model 4 1917 245861–251578
Model 4 1918 251579–254050
Model 4 1919 254051–259712
Model 4 1920 259713–267096
Model 4 1921 267097–267710
Model 4 1922 267711–268911
Model 4 1923 268912–274157
Model 4 1924 274158–278955
Model 4 1925 278956–283853
Model 4 1926 283854–289203
Model 4 1927 289204–295957
Model 4 1928 295958–302155
Model 4 1929 302156–304877
Model 4 1930 304878–306648
Model 4 1931 306649–306965
Model 6 1906 66263–89189
Model 6 1907 89190–112434
Model 6 1908 112435–130367
Model 6 1909 130368–146054
Model 6 1910 146055–159515
Model 6 1911 159516–178825
Model 6 1912 178826–203409
Model 6 1913 203410–232975
Model 6 1914 232976–254472
Model 6 1915 254473–274737
Model 6 1916 274738–297246
Model 6 1917 297247–315563
Model 6 1918 315564–324629
Model 6 1919 324630–339538
Model 6 1920 339539–355234
Model 6 1921 355235–356154
Model 6 1922 356155–357959
Model 6 1923 357960–371645
Model 6 1924 371646–383309
Model 6 1925 383310–396942
Model 6 1926 396943–413188
Model 6 1927 413189–432613
Model 6 1928 432614–453063
Model 6 1929 453064–470437
Model 6 1930 470438–482637
Model 6 1931 482638–486345
Model 8 1907 2267–7754
Model 8 1908 7755–12459
Model 8 1909 12460–17208
Model 8 1910 17209–21929
Model 8 1911 21930–26529
Model 8 1912 26530–30103
Model 8 1913 30104–33080
Model 8 1914 33081–35227
Model 8 1915 35228–36978
Model 8 1916 36979–38509
Model 8 1917 38510–39958
Model 8 1918 39959–40957
Model 8 1919 40958–42049
Model 8 1920 42050–44865
Model 8 1921 44866–45978
Model 8 1922 45979–47337
Model 8 1923 47338–48866
Model 8 1924 48867–50176
Model 8 1925 50177–51559
Model 8 1926 51560–53200
Model 8 1927 53201–55918
Model 8 1928 55919–58831
Model 8 1929 58832–61507
Model 8 1930 61508–64064
Model 8 1931 64065–65305
Navy Revolver 1861 1–200
Navy Revolver 1861 1–500
Navy Revolver 1861 500–1100
Navy Revolver 1861 1100–1700
Navy Revolver 1861 1700–2400
Navy Revolver 1861 2400–3200
Navy Revolver 1861 3200–4100
Navy Revolver 1861 4100–6000
Navy Revolver 1861 6000–7200
Navy Revolver 1862 7200–8500
Navy Revolver 1862 8500–10000
Navy Revolver 1862 10000–11500
Navy Revolver 1862 11500–12500
Navy Revolver 1862 12500–14000
Navy Revolver 1862 14000–15000
Navy Revolver 1862 15000–15800
Navy Revolver 1862 15800–16600
Navy Revolver 1862 16600–17400
Navy Revolver 1862 17400–18200
Navy Revolver 1862 18200–19000
Navy Revolver 1862 19000–19800
Navy Revolver 1863 19800–20300
Navy Revolver 1863 20300–20800
Navy Revolver 1863 20800–21300
Navy Revolver 1863 21300–21800
Navy Revolver 1863 21800–22300
Navy Revolver 1863 22300–22800
Navy Revolver 1863 22800–23300
Navy Revolver 1863 23300–23800
Navy Revolver 1863 23800–24300
Navy Revolver 1863 24300–24800
Navy Revolver 1863 24800–25300
Navy Revolver 1863 25300–25800
Navy Revolver 1864 25800–26300
Navy Revolver 1864 26300–26800
Navy Revolver 1864 26800–27300
Navy Revolver 1864 27300–27800
Navy Revolver 1864 27800–28300
Navy Revolver 1864 28300–28800
Navy Revolver 1864 28800–29300
Navy Revolver 1864 29300–29800
Navy Revolver 1864 29800–30300
Navy Revolver 1865 30300–30800
Navy Revolver 1865 30800–31300
Navy Revolver 1865 31300–31800
Navy Revolver 1866 32000–33000
Navy Revolver 1867 33000–34000
Navy Revolver 1868 34000–35000
Navy Revolver 1869 35000–36000
Navy Revolver 1870 36000–37000
Navy Revolver 1871 37000–38000
Navy Revolver 1872 38000–39000
Navy Revolver 1873 39000–40000
Navy Revolver 1874 40000–42000
Navy Revolver 1876 46000–48000
Whitmore Model 1873 1873–1878 1–5000
Whitmore Model 1875 1875–1877 1–3350
Whitmore Model 1876 1876–1882 3350–5900
Whitmore Model 1878 1878–1882 1–2400

Questions

Why does my serial number not give a year?

It falls in a gap between the published ranges, or in a model year the chart does not cover — the tool will show the nearest documented range instead of guessing. A public lookup should not invent an answer.

How accurate is this?

The ranges are reproduced exactly as published in the Remington Society of America's transcription of Remington factory-record-book lists. That is not a factory letter — for a definitive date, the factory records are the authority.

Where does the data come from?

the Remington Society of America — The Remington Society of America's published serial tables — an association transcription of factory record-book data ("Information provided by Remington Arms Co."), not a maker-published page. The tool is built only from what those tables print; published disagreements between the Society's own pages are recorded, never resolved silently.

Records & archives

A chart says what the factory serials mean. Our records note for Remington says who actually holds the factory records today, whether a letter of authenticity can be ordered, and what it costs and takes — observed, not assumed.

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