New Guy from Germany

[Leupold]

Hi everybody,

a few weeks ago I purchased my first 870 express and I am very satisfied with it.
I also own a customized Rem. 700 by roedale.
Usually I use this guns for hunting, and also for precision shooting with the 700 and Trap and Skeet with the 870.

I was really curious about the production date of my 870 and Google directed my to this site and it is amazing how many information are shown on this forum.

But now regarding to the serial lookup.
It is a little bit confusing because I do not know how do it right.
My serial number is: US DE 12 RS9xxxxE
Which letter I have to use? US or DE or RS?

Tom

[jpfrog]

I think the US and DE are probably import codes stamped on your shotgun to make it legal to bring into your country. The RS followed by a long number is what you should be looking for. There are many ways to do this, but I always get confused by reading how to do it...I have found that I save a lot of time and frustration by simply calling Remington and asking them. I haven't tried the lookup that Vitaly has on this forum yet though, so that may be a good option too.

If you want, send me a PM with your full RS serial number and I'll call the Remington headquarters to look up its production date information. You can also probably call them internationally (the number is on the customer suppport page of their website), but if not, and you don't want to pay the cost of an international phone call, just PM the info to me and I'll look it up for you.

[Leupold]

Hi jpfrog,

thanks for your support.
I recently sent an email to Remington and I received the following answer.
Production year: 2012
3" Magnum Loads possible

[Vitaly]

Leupold, welcome to the forum!

Actually, you need to find two letters stamped on a barrel of your shotgun to find out the year when your Remington 870 was manufactured.

[jpfrog]

Leupold, welcome to the forum!

Actually, you need to find two letters stamped on a barrel of your shotgun to find out the year when your Remington 870 was manufactured.

That may work some of the time, but if the barrel has been replaced, it'll only provide information on the barrel. The receiver is where the full serial number is stamped, and that's the number the folks at Remington have asked me for every time I've called to look up information on a firearm.

[Leupold]

Thanks guys for sharing information.

Today I have another question.
Is there an accessories available for locking the magazine tube?

Use case:
The Rem is fully loaded with standard shotgun ammunition für hunting rabbits, etc.
Than maybe suddenly a wild boar appear and I have to use a sabot shot shell.
In this case I would like to lock the magazine tube, pull two times the fore-end and manually load the sabot slug.

[jpfrog]

I don't think so, but I may be wrong. As far as I know, the best method for this would be to load the magazine tube to 1 shell less than capacity. Example: if your tube holds 3 shells plus 1 in the chamber, only load 2 in the tube and 1 in the chamber. Then, with your rabbit shell chambered, if you come across a boar you can load your sabot slug into the tube because you left room for an extra, eject the rabbit shell from the chamber and, since the sabot slug was the last round you loaded, it will then pop into your chamber when you load the next shell.

It's not the "locking" option you were looking for, but it gets you close in terms of results. Good luck!