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DOM Mod. 30 Remington
blacarrow
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I'd appreciate information on the date of manufacture of a Remington Mod. 30, Serial number 8907
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http://oldguns.net/sn_php/remdates.php
Are you sure there is no date code? On my rifles it's located on the right side of the barrel, over the chamber, mixed in with a bunch of proof marks sometimes below the wood line of the stock. Remington was pretty consistent in date marking their barrels so, if it's the origional barrel, I'd be surprised if it wasn't dated.
Also, FWIW; I seem to recall reading somewhere (of course I can't find it now!) that 37,000+ of these rifles were made. I have #27119 with a date code of April, 1937 and they were made for 4 more years after that.
EDIT: In Stuart Otteson's book, The Bolt Action, Volume I, he states that 22,738 of these rifles were "sold" in 20 years after being brought out in 1920. If he is correct and you have #8907 and I have #27,119, it makes me wonder what number they started with.