Originally Posted By: pyscodogIts a little confusing as they say they repeated using the letter code. Mine is B62XXXX. Like I said it kinda confused me a little and mine has the two screw hole in the rear of the receiver like a lot of the older 700's, so I just kinda guessed it being an 81 model. I may send Remington an email and ask them to verify.
The B in the Serial Number on the receiver generally indicates that your rifle was made in the first half of the 1980s......
The date codes on the left side of the barrel (two letters) will tell you more precisely which month and year it was made.
Follow one of the links provided and the two letters on the barrel should nail it for you as to year and month of manufacture.
Since I mentioned the receiver serial number prefix, for example, in the late 1970s it was an "A" prefix, in the early 1980s it was a "B" prefix, and in the late 1980s it was a "C" prefix. They seemed to change/increment letter prefixes on the serial numbers about ever five years but it's no exact science nor is it near as reliable as the two letter barrel code.
You do seem confused, so maybe a 48 cent stamp to Remington will help put facts in front of your face on paper so that you can debate them with yourself.