I have just traded into an early 170,xxx Remington 700 in 7Mag w/stainless barrel. Could someone please give me a date on when it was manufactured? powdr

Try this link, hope it helps.

http://www.rimfirecentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=9555

Here's the same info as 257 posted up plus a few illustrations.

http://www.remingtonsociety.com/rsa/questions/barrelcodes

Thanks guys. powdr