How do I determine age on a Remington 1100?

[EVIL5LITER]

I'm buying an 1100 on Tuesday, and I'm getting a decent deal on it, but I can't find any kind of identifying numbers or even serial numbers that would tell me how old it is.

The only numbers on the entire gun was on the left hand side of the reciever, that said (I think) 5827V.

That's it.

Any idea on the age of the gun?

 

[Preacherman]

Call Remington and give the nice lady your serial number. She'll be able to tell you the year of manufacture.

 

[EVIL5LITER]

Crap, I was hoping there was an easier method.

 

[Dave McCracken]

What's so hard about calling 800-243-9700 and giving them the serial number?

I think the 1100 was intro'd in 1962.

 

[JohnBT]

Here's the complete list from the Blue Book site/serialization download (originally in Adobe Acrobat):

REMINGTON
Firearms Serial Number Identification
(Code located on barrel, left side at frame)

Month of Manufacture
(Code letter corresponds to numeral underneath)
B L A C K P O W D E R X
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Year of Manufacture and letter code
1921 M
1922 N
1923 P
1924 R
1925 S
1926 T
1927 U
1928 W
1929 X
1930 Y
1931 Z
1932 A
1933 B
1934 C
1935 D
1936 E
1937 F
1938 G
1939 H
1940 J
1941 K
1942 L
1943 MM
1944 NN
1945 PP
1946 RR
1947 SS
1948 TT
1949 UU
1950 WW
1951 XX
1952 YY
1953 ZZ
1954 A
1955 B
1956 C
1957 D
1958 E
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 0
1978 Q
1979 V
1980 A
1981 B
1982 C
1983 D
1984 E
1985 F
1986 G
1987 H
1988 I
1989 J
1990 K
1991 L
1992 M
1993 N
1994 0
1995 P
1996 Q
1997 R
1998 S
1999 T
2000 U
2001 W
2002 X