The story I heard was they were a special run for a Canadian Wsl and they 'somehow found their way into the US.Funny because they were being sold for 229.00 at the time the same price as all the other Express models.Buyer beware!īack to the thread, as long as the guns an Express with the M designation your good to go. Remington 870 Serial Number Lookup Remington Year of Manufacture Codes maybe found on the barrel of your Remington rifle or shotgun on the left side, just forward of the receiver the first letter of the Code is the month of manufacture, followed by one or two letters which are the year of manufacture. Usually there are clowns trying to market these as RARE guns. Matte blast finshed metal, and again low end wood that had no sheen. The Sportsmans were made around 85-or so, the Express models came out in the early 90s I believe. The first two characters are 'RS' meaning it was manufactured Nov 1998. As pointed out the trigger groups were different than current models also. But, I'm perplexed when I looked up the serial number. They had blued steel instead of the matte finish Express models have. Can you look up a Remington serial number You can always use Remington Serial Number Lookup to find out manufacture date of your Remington firearm. They had a very plain stock and forearm of some other wood than walnut. The Remington 870 Wingmaster will obviously be more expensive since it is made with walnut and polished metal surfaces. 870s were the precursor to the 870 'Express' I have 2 of the Sportsman models.

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