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I picked up my first Remington Mountain rifle and I don't know much about Remington rifles or how to find out manufactures date. It has a wood stock and I believe the serial number is B67831XX. Can anyone help me out with the date of manufacture? Thank You

1987. I believe

Thank You

I had one of the first ones in 1986.

Except for a short period of time from 08/99 thru 10/01, Remington has stamped a two (2) or, in some cases three (3), letter assembly date code on the left side of the barrel, just forward of the receiver.

the first letter is the month and the second letter is the year, except that double digits were used from 1943 thru 1953 to indicate the year of manufacture; MM, NN, PP, RR, SS, TT, UU. WW, XX, YY, and ZZ.

The twelve (12) months are always represented by the letters in order of January thru December:

B - Jan
L - Feb
A - Mar
C - Apr
K - May
P - Jun
O - Jul
W - Aug
D - Sep
E - Oct
R - Nov
X - Dec

There are obviously more than 26 years, so the letters A thru Z have been reused multiple times and in some sequences, some letters weren't used or they were used out of their normal, A thru Z, order. You can find a table of the assembly codes on-line in multiple places. The assembly code table at www.remingtonsociety.org syncs with the table that John Lacy has in his book on the Model 700.

That's great info on the date codes! Thanks.....

One of my regrets is that I once passed up a blued, walnut Remington Mountain rifle in .257 Roberts. That was 20 years ago and I've never seen another one for sale since.

Thank You for all the info. I am a savage guy and love my 99's, and often ask questions on the savage forum. Thank You 260Remguy just like savage forum you fed a lot more info than what the question was. I will keep this information. The mountain rifle is a 30-06 and I have not shot it yet. I am sure there will be a lot of recoil!!! LOL

I had one of those and not for very long, it didn't shoot for beans.MB

I have a nice Remington 30-06 Mtn rifle. Kicked bout what you would expect from a light 30-06. Was glad to put it back in the case after a group or three. The factory butt plate was not designed with comfort in mind. I bought a Pachmayer decelerator butt pad and LOVE it. I wrote in my notes after the 1st range session "Best $35 bucks I ever spent"( couple years ago price). Turned it into a .243 as far as recoil goes. Saved the original, but it prolly will never see the light of day again.

Had younger friend of mine up in NW Montana back in the Fall of 1989 show me his Ace Elk rifle wgike I was uo there.. A pretty Remington 700 30-06 Mountain rifle.

He had a 3x9 VariX Leupold on it and used 180g Nosler Baliistic tip handloads.
Based on the Bulls ( and the recovered bullets) he showed me, it was a pretty effective little rig.

Love those early Mountain rifles, traded for my first one back in '92. a .280 Remington. I had it reamed out to the Ackley Improved. I only gained 50fps from the load it "liked". Those skinny barrels are finicky. I've owned many others since that one, but never cared for the detachable clip models. Love those Mod 70 Featherweights too ( 80's) . Now, I like this Kimber 84L .270 the best! Slim/trim & light!

I have a 700 Mountain also, in .280 Remington. Been a great rifle, pretty accurate with a couple different loads - it does great with the Winchester Ballistic Silvertips. Great whitetail rifle.

I have a 93 model in 270. The Mountain rifle was one of Remington's best effort's IMO. Its been a great rifle...Shoots everything decent and a few loads really well. If I could change anything I just wish it was stainless.

My M77 MarkII 280 loves those Winchester Ballistic Silvertips as well in 140gr. I've got the last of a couple of boxes I bought 12-15yr ago before I started reloading and I've gotten some amazing groups with them. The problem is when I ran them over the chrono I discovered they run basically the same speed as my 7mm-08 handloads. Not only that, even running at that modest speed, they have exploded on everything I've ever shot with them. The exit wound on a rib-shot doe couldn't be covered with a pie plate and I almost cut a coyote completely in half. I've switched over to a 120gr NBT load that I expect to perform better when I get the chance to try it on game.