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Originally Posted by pantannojack
45 years go I had a Rem 511 magazine fed .22lr. Number on bbl is DH47. The stock is carved in the letters BUD. I mounted a Weaver K4 in the tip off mounts the receiver was grooved for. At Ben Avery range I shot a target at 100 yds using CCI Mini Mags solid points. First 5 shot group was round 1" c-c. Feeling lucky I moved the tgt to 50 yards, fired another 5 shot group similar results but smaller group placed about 4" higher than the first. still feeling lucky moved the tgt to 25 yards. A very small group back down near the 100Yd gp. Over the years I have lost that target, as well as the rifle to a 2015 burglery. I had separated the breach bolt form the rifle as there was not room in my strong box for the rifle. I still have the bolt as well as another from a Rem 512 P, the tube version with a factory aperture rear sight; Also lost in same attack. The bbl # LB38. I would love to have one or both rifles returned.
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Those numbers on Remington barrels were the factory date codes.......... D would be the month (Sep) and the H most likely would be 1961 for the year. Year codes were reused so sometimes you have to go by known features from the production period. The 47 is not identified but probably was the inspector number.
L on the second rifle would be February. The B would seem most likely to be 1955. While they wouldn't really identify the exact guns you had stolen if you found an example with the same number it would at least be from the same year. ......... Thieves really suck, a darn shame when they steal part of your memories.