Remington Model 11 Serial Number Date Chart
Remington Model 11 Serial Dates
jagxk120, the Remington Model 11 is not a licensed copy or clone of the A-5.
To begin with, parts are generally not interchangable between the guns.
John M. Browning designed (and patented the design of) this autoloading shotgun (in the US), presumably based on American (ie. non-metric )measurements. I don't know much about the patent process, but I think he probably had to produce a working model of his design to obtain his patent. That would have been the first gun manufactured to the patent specs.
He later licensed Fabrique Nationale of Leige, Belgium to produce and sell their version of his patented shotgun design in Europe and some other places. These were A-5's, which were manufactured to European metric specs.
Browning later licensed Remington to produce and sell an American version of his patented autoloading shotgun design in the US. Remington manufactured their autoloader to the original American style (non-metric) specs (SAE?).
There were significant differences between the FN and Remington versions of the Browning design that went beyond the difference in Eurpoean/American measurements employed in their manufacture :
A-5's have double-clawed ejectors. Remington autoloaders have single-claw ejectors. Both seem to work equally well.
A-5's have a magazine stop as a standard feature.
Remington's Model 11's did not have a magazine stop.
A-5's continued with the original (suicide)safety in front of the trigger until the start of WWII.
In 1928, Remington re- designed the safety on their autoloaders to a safer behind the trigger design.
After the Germans overran Belgium in WWII, Remington manufactured A-5's for FN in the US. This appears to be when the A-5 safety was changed to be identical with that of the Remington Model 11.
After WWII, the ejectors on these guns were still different, and the A-5 still had a magazine stop that the Model 11 never had, but after the A-5 aped the Remington safety, if either gun could be considered a clone of the other, it would be A-5 that was the clone.
To begin with, parts are generally not interchangable between the guns.
John M. Browning designed (and patented the design of) this autoloading shotgun (in the US), presumably based on American (ie. non-metric )measurements. I don't know much about the patent process, but I think he probably had to produce a working model of his design to obtain his patent. That would have been the first gun manufactured to the patent specs.
He later licensed Fabrique Nationale of Leige, Belgium to produce and sell their version of his patented shotgun design in Europe and some other places. These were A-5's, which were manufactured to European metric specs.
Browning later licensed Remington to produce and sell an American version of his patented autoloading shotgun design in the US. Remington manufactured their autoloader to the original American style (non-metric) specs (SAE?).
There were significant differences between the FN and Remington versions of the Browning design that went beyond the difference in Eurpoean/American measurements employed in their manufacture :
A-5's have double-clawed ejectors. Remington autoloaders have single-claw ejectors. Both seem to work equally well.
A-5's have a magazine stop as a standard feature.
Remington's Model 11's did not have a magazine stop.
A-5's continued with the original (suicide)safety in front of the trigger until the start of WWII.
In 1928, Remington re- designed the safety on their autoloaders to a safer behind the trigger design.
After the Germans overran Belgium in WWII, Remington manufactured A-5's for FN in the US. This appears to be when the A-5 safety was changed to be identical with that of the Remington Model 11.
After WWII, the ejectors on these guns were still different, and the A-5 still had a magazine stop that the Model 11 never had, but after the A-5 aped the Remington safety, if either gun could be considered a clone of the other, it would be A-5 that was the clone.
Remington Model 11-48 Serial Number Chart
Remington model 11-48 serial number lookup: barrel code lookup. Remington junior (apr. Typewriter brand: typewriter brand: apr 30, 2012 as cisco says, the serial number is located on the action flat also known as the water table. 500-00001: you will no longer need to send your rifle to ruger for restricted factory work view remington model serial number chart and download. The serial number is RW 158349, the Pedersen's Patent dates are 1909-1912, and the soft butt plate says Remington UMC. Can anyone help me figure out the date of manufacture? Also, there is a very small marking on one side that appears to be '2' or '5' or 'S'.