remington 870 wingmaster serial number decoder

The earlier bluing was a lighter color, also the bluing does not appear to be inside the receiver, is more of an exterior finish only. At some point in the late 1950's Remington also changed there method of bluing, although I am not sure the exact year. The Wingmaster logo was moved up a little higher, & the Remington stamp/serial number moved next to it. Also around this time Remington moved the serial number/Remington stamp from near the edge of the receiver & the Wingmaster logo from between the trigger mech pins. Another chance was the serialization of the barrels to the receiver, I believe this was discontinued around the 200k serial range, or roughly 1952-53. Very early guns also did not have a retaining pin the kept the locking block from falling out of the bolt when field stripped, it was a change that happened very early as the earlier design it was very easy to accidentally assemble the gun without the locking block. A few of these changes include the lack of a removable steel plate between the butstock & receiver, this was later added to stop stocks from cracking I believe. Im not sure how many people here are familiar with very early 870 features, but on top of the Remington Canada examples I also have over a dozen Ilion US made Wingmasters from 1951through to the 1970's.įor the first few years of production Remington had some variations in design that changed through the years. If by chance the barrel has been replaced then being familiar with early 870's becomes helpful. Most had 4 digit serial number with a V suffix between 1200-1700 serial number range, although i did encounter one in the 12k range and one in the low 100k range, (Ilion made 870's got to that serial number by 1951). They have all been identical in every way except for variations in barrel date codes and that one was a 28' mod and the others were 30' full. I know of about a dozen of these guns including around 4-5 I've had through my hands and had a chance to take apart. The easiest way to spot a Remington Canada 870 is usually the barrel, they will be marked Remington Canada in place of the usual Remington Arms Ilion NY, and the REP proof mark is replaced with RCEP. Remington Canada was in business from late 1958 to the mid 1983 and made/assembled 870's and nylon 66's, possibly more but that's all I know of at present. Bit of an update, have since learned a fair bit more about Remington Canada produced guns.

Remington 870 wingmaster serial number decoder