What caliber?
Just ahead of the receiver, on the left side, there will be a 2-letter assembly date code stamped on the barrel, just above the wood, that will indicate the month/year that the rifle was assembled. The 725s were made from 1958 thru 1961/62, not sure exactly what date the 700 superceeded the 725, but the the code will be some combination of the following:
Month:
01 - B
02 - L
03 - A
04 - C
05 - K
06 - P
07 - O
08 - W
09 - D
10 - E
11 - R
12 - X
Year:
1958 - E
1958 - F
1960 - G
1961 - H
1962 - J
There weren't a whole lot of 725s made, but John Lacy's book on the Remington 700 family has the number made broken out by caliber and year. So if you can tell me what caliber and the assembly code data, I can get the information from Lacy's book.
The 725 was a deluxe version of the 721, long action, and 722, short action, rifles that were introduced in the late 1940s. The 725s are very similar to the 700s, with the most obvious external difference being the safety lever. There is information on Remington rifle history on the Remington site,
www.remington.com.Jeff
