the 25LW denotes this gun has mfg'd 25 Feb 2002
1100 LT-20 Special Field Date Of Manufacture?
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rem141r
Re: 1100 LT-20 Special Field Date Of Manufacture?
if you have the box it should have the date code on it like this:
the 25LW denotes this gun has mfg'd 25 Feb 2002
the 25LW denotes this gun has mfg'd 25 Feb 2002
Re: 1100 LT-20 Special Field Date Of Manufacture?
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September 1992.
Den
September 1992.
Den
Re: 1100 LT-20 Special Field Date Of Manufacture?
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Next point is that the date code you listed "D M" translates to September 1992 from the list of barrel codes.
http://www.remingtonsociety.com/rsa/que ... arrelcodes
The last point is that the letter "R" preceding the serial number is the beginning of a date range designating when they were built......"R" being 1990. See below where it lists the Model 1100 prefixes.
REMINGTON SHOTGUN SERIAL NUMBER STRUCTURE
M/870 LETTER PREFIX
1950 TO APPROX 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIX
1968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE)
S-68, T-74, V-78, W-84, X-90, A-91, B-94, C-97, D-01, AB-05
LETTER SUFFIX (DESIGNATES GAUGE)
V 12 GA. (2 3/4”)
M 12 GA. MAGNUM (3”)
A 12 GA. “SUPER” MAGNUM (3 ½”)
W 16 GA. ( 2 ¾” )
X 20 GA. “HEAVY FRAME” (DISCONTINUED)
N 20 GA. “HEAVY FRAME MAGNUM” (DISCONTINUED)
K 20 GA. “LIGHT WEIGHT” (“LW”) (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”)
U 20 GA. LW MAGNUM (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”)
J 28 GA.
H .410 BORE (2 ½” OR 3”)
M/1100
LETTER PREFIX
1963 TO APPROX. 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIX
1968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE)
L-68, M-74, N-78, P-85, R-90
LETTER SUFFIX
SAME STRUCTURE AS THE M/870
M/1187
LETTER PREFIX
1987 TO PRESENT: “PC” 12 GA., 1999 “TL“ 20 GA.,
2000 “SM” SUPER MAG.
LETTER SUFFIX
NO LETTER SUFFIX ON THIS MODEL
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Den
Well, the first point of fact is that the Special Field LT-20 (in the configuration you described) is cataloged in the 1992 Remington catalog (which I have)......pages 8-9 (picture) and page 25 (specs)......MSRP was $589.00.USMMVET wrote:That is interesting because I have been told that Remington only Mfg'd the Special Field LT-20 from 1987 - 1990. Can you correct me on this?
Next point is that the date code you listed "D M" translates to September 1992 from the list of barrel codes.
http://www.remingtonsociety.com/rsa/que ... arrelcodes
The last point is that the letter "R" preceding the serial number is the beginning of a date range designating when they were built......"R" being 1990. See below where it lists the Model 1100 prefixes.
REMINGTON SHOTGUN SERIAL NUMBER STRUCTURE
M/870 LETTER PREFIX
1950 TO APPROX 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIX
1968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE)
S-68, T-74, V-78, W-84, X-90, A-91, B-94, C-97, D-01, AB-05
LETTER SUFFIX (DESIGNATES GAUGE)
V 12 GA. (2 3/4”)
M 12 GA. MAGNUM (3”)
A 12 GA. “SUPER” MAGNUM (3 ½”)
W 16 GA. ( 2 ¾” )
X 20 GA. “HEAVY FRAME” (DISCONTINUED)
N 20 GA. “HEAVY FRAME MAGNUM” (DISCONTINUED)
K 20 GA. “LIGHT WEIGHT” (“LW”) (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”)
U 20 GA. LW MAGNUM (ALSO INCLUDES M/1100 “LT”)
J 28 GA.
H .410 BORE (2 ½” OR 3”)
M/1100
LETTER PREFIX
1963 TO APPROX. 1968: NO SERIAL NUMBER PREFIX
1968 TO PRESENT: LETTERS USED (IN SEQUENCE)
L-68, M-74, N-78, P-85, R-90
LETTER SUFFIX
SAME STRUCTURE AS THE M/870
M/1187
LETTER PREFIX
1987 TO PRESENT: “PC” 12 GA., 1999 “TL“ 20 GA.,
2000 “SM” SUPER MAG.
LETTER SUFFIX
NO LETTER SUFFIX ON THIS MODEL
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Den
Re: 1100 LT-20 Special Field Date Of Manufacture?
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No, the BEGINNING YEAR of the DATE RANGE was 1990. Typically they keep the same prefix letter designation for 5 - 6 years before they increment it (as is referenced in the list of prefixes and suffixes I posted).
If it was made in September of 1992, it could have taken months to make it through distribution channels to get to a wholesaler and gun shop before it was finally sold in 1993. It could have been sitting in the respective store for months before somebody finally bought it......those particular guns may not have been all that desirable. And, if it's STILL NIB (unfired), whoever originally purchased it (if it wasn't you), also didn't consider it desirable enough to use it.
It all makes perfect sense to me.
Den
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The date I joined the forum was in 2008.USMMVET wrote:Very interesting. Just rec'd an email with a post from 2008 with your response to a similar question with the data attached. My gun is NIB,original box, unfired,if you can believe that. It has the orginal purchace receipt from 1993.From your data the ser. no. indicates mfg in 1990: R,and is 20 ga: K. And the barrel,DM:1992, which does not make a lot of sense to me but maybe they sat on components to market them until exhausted.
No, the BEGINNING YEAR of the DATE RANGE was 1990. Typically they keep the same prefix letter designation for 5 - 6 years before they increment it (as is referenced in the list of prefixes and suffixes I posted).
If it was made in September of 1992, it could have taken months to make it through distribution channels to get to a wholesaler and gun shop before it was finally sold in 1993. It could have been sitting in the respective store for months before somebody finally bought it......those particular guns may not have been all that desirable. And, if it's STILL NIB (unfired), whoever originally purchased it (if it wasn't you), also didn't consider it desirable enough to use it.
It all makes perfect sense to me.
Den
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