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Ray B
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So based on the chart my .22 rf M550-1 stamped O XX would have been made in July 1951; but I'm confused on my .308 M700, which with a four digit serial number, and having bought it new in January 1963, would expect that it was made in 1962, but the markings are P I 44; the I is stamped with the top indented, but it feathers away to the bottom, so it could be a J, with the curved part of the J just not showing; If this is the case, then it would be June 1962, which would be about right, but then what's thew significance of the 44?
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Remingtom did not use an "I" date code for the first time until 1976, so you are probably correct in your assumption that it is a poorly stamped "J". I have no idea what the numerals mean, but they are not associated with the date code (at least according to Remington).
Bert H.
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