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need your help, where is the s/n # on a rem. nylon 76?

mustangmustang Member Posts: 615 ✭✭✭✭
edited November 2008 in Ask the Experts
i have looked for it, and either its not here or i do not know what i'm looking at. all i can find is pat. #s and a des. # on the bottom of the stock, molded in the plastic. by the way what does des. stand for? i also took off the nylon forarm and all i could find was 2 letters, and 1 number stamped in the bbl. can any one help me? thanks!
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  • Ronald J. SnowRonald J. Snow Member Posts: 1,346 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    As these rifles were made from 1962-64, according to the Blue Book, there may be no serial number as it was not required until 1968. On some of the Nylon 66 rifles I remember the serial number on the barrel. Sorry I cannot be of more help to you.
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  • legn4legn4 Member Posts: 481 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello, just whent & checked mine; it is in front of rear sight on barrel (left side). Two letters (k j) = may, 1962 i think, serial# XX (way less than 100). Hope this helps,soulds like like yours could be less than 10. If so YOU LUCKY DOG!
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  • JIM STARKJIM STARK Member Posts: 1,152 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    According to my chart...The last NYLON 76 "Trailrider" manufactured was in Sept. of 1964..They were in mohawk brown and none were assigned serial numbers.. None of the 76's prior to that were assigned serial numbers either...[This message has been edited by JIM STARK (edited 02-20-2002).]
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  • mustangmustang Member Posts: 615 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    hey thanks for the info!!!!!! i never thought it was that old. i figgered it was in the 70's. my 76 is black not brown and it is a lever action. all the brown ones i have seen are semi-auto. the letter i have are xa.and the number is 3. how do i decode this? or where do i look for to find a book or charts on this??thanks again for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  • TeamblueTeamblue Member Posts: 782 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Awhile back I had some serial number questions on a Nylon 66 and a fella by the username of Antique Dr. helped me out. Get ahold of him at www.apaxenterprises.com. Maybe he has the info you are looking for. He sure helped me out.
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  • legn4legn4 Member Posts: 481 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello Gentlemen, I could be wrong, but is Remington not in the habit of using ser. #(pre 68)? I think I will try to contract them.
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  • AntiqueDrAntiqueDr Member Posts: 691 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Your Nylon 76 is not serialized.Legn4, the number you are looking at is not a serial number, but an assembly number.
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  • WorldofjohnboyWorldofjohnboy Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you look on the top-left of the gun, just in front of the rear iron sight, you can see a two letter code. According to my research, here is what you do with the Remington .22s:

    REMINGTON MONTH AND YEAR OF MANUFACTURE LETTER CODES
    Letter Codes are usually located on the left side of barrel,
    just above the stock line and just forward of the rear sight.

    First letter is the month, second letter is the year

    Month of Manufacture
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
    B
    L----A---C---K
    P----O----W----D----E----R----X

    Year of Manufacture
    1959 F
    1960 G
    1961 H
    1962 J
    1963 K
    1964 L
    1965 M
    1966 N
    1967 P
    1968 R
    1969 S
    1970 T
    1971 U
    1972 W
    1973 X
    1974 Y
    1975 Z
    1976 I
    1977 O
    1978 Q
    1979 V
    1980 A
    1981 B
    1982 C
    1983 D
    1984 E
    1985 F
    1986 G
    1987 H
    1988 I
    1989 J

    Please note that many rifles, particularly 22s, did not have serial numbers prior to the 1968 Gun Control Act. Remington added serial numbers in 1967 staring with 400,000. Since year codes are often duplicated, a code letter on a gun with a serial number would be later than 1967 while one without a serial number would be a year prior to 1967.

    Please also note that these code letters refer to all Remington rifles including all the variations of the Nylon line. Also note that sometimes you will find 3 letters on the barrel. It is sometimes difficult to determine which of the letters apply. Best thing to do is use the serial number trick above (w/o serial # pre 67, w/serial # post 67). Then fit the letters as appropriate.
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  • WorldofjohnboyWorldofjohnboy Member Posts: 2 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Also, a great site for more info on these guns is www.nylonrifles.com Has Field Manuals, Forums, etc. (this is where I got the date manufactured chart from as well.)
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Worldofjohnboy
    If you look on the top-left of the gun, just in front of the rear iron sight, you can see a two letter code. According to my research, here is what you do with the Remington .22s:



    Dredging up topics that are more than 6.5 years old is of no use. Please keep it current.

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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