I CALLED Remington and got 2 different dates!!??
The 40X doesn't use a letter prefix for a date code, at least mine doesn't.
Mine was ordered in June '70 and received February '71.
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Howdy,
I called Remington and talked to 2 different people in some department that said they could look up serial numbers and date the rifle. I got 2 different dates!!? 1968, and 1970.
The calls were seperated over a number of months, and I was asking about a few different rifles at the time. The second guy could not explain the discrepancy.
The serial number is in the 34,000 range. It is a 40xb. The left hand side of the barrel in front of the reciever only has 7.62 Nato and a symbol that looks like a heart, with sort of a diamond top to it.
When I was in the Army, I worked with a sniper who had in some capacity worked with Remington during the development of the M24 Sniper rifle. He knew people in the custom shop at the time. He told me his 40x was a 37,000 serial number rifle from 1967. I am absolutely certain of the info he told me, and he was not the sort to have missed details. Unless he had been misinformed back then.............but I doubt it.
When would a 34,000 serial number 40x have been made? Even using the 1968 date, I don't think they produced 5,000 in 2 years. Then there is that 37,000 1967 info.
Anyone else KNOW, like Vickie, when their rifle was made?
Thanks!
Greg
