Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Rimfires Renington 552 Speedmaster question

Have a Speedmaster 552, and not quite sure which model it is. The date code is LG, which would be Feb of 1986, or Feb of 2011. Its in beautiful shape, but my blue book says BDL has gloss walnut finish with monty carlo cheek pad. The one I have has high gloss walnut stock with fleur de lis checking, which the book doesn't make mention, and no cheek pad. What variation 552 do I have.
Jerry

Sorry I can't help you. My 552 has no serial number and a 22" barrel.

Basically, the standard models did not have any checkering.
The details of the deluxe models may have varied over the years but they reserved checkering for the deluxe's.

Post a pic & everyone can chime in.
Plus, then we can post pics of ours......

My phone camera and computer are not on speaking terms, so can't post pictures. However, after a few hours of searching, I believe its a 1986 SpeedMaster BDL with the fleur de lis pressed checking. If I read correctly, the monty carlo butt stock was new in 1991 for better cheek weld with scope The fleur de lis pressed checking was in the 1980s, but can't nail down what years it was in use on the BDL models. The fleur de lis checking threw me, cause all the BDLs I've seen before had standard type checking. Thought it might be a different designation other than a BDL.

I think you have the right of it oldotter.
My guess it that the checkering difference was simply due to Remingtons corporate philosophy from different eras.

I'd like a blue steel deluxe somewhere down the road (I've seen them with a satin black finish that I don't like) but my basic model shoots so well that ill never replace it.

oldotter, I have a 572 Fieldmaster with the same stock as yours. Gloss finish, pressed Fleur-de-lis checkering and straight comb. Mine has a PG date code which I think is June of 1986? It's a very nice rifle that was pretty dirty when I picked it up off the used rack at Cabela's in Scarborough, ME last year. I had always wanted one and I got them down to $225 because the rear sight was missing. I thought it was a pretty good deal.