Remington 700 Blued 300 WM year of manufacture?

[DIBBS]

I was fondling a rifle in the rack at the local gunshop today, and am trying to determine its year of manufacture. It's a blued heavy barrel 700 Remington chambered in 300 WM, and has double sling swivel studs, and sits in, I believe, a HS precision stock. They have it labeled as a VS Sendero, but it does not have sendero stamped anywhere on the barrel. I had a blued Sendero in 25-06 years ago, and as I recall it had sendero on the barrel (and single sling swivel stud on the forend. Anyways, the serial number is RR00365H. Was this rifle manufactured in 1997 when quality was still good, or is this something much newer. It appears to have been fired very little. Thanks.

 

[Adam in WI]

I was fondling a rifle in the rack at the local gunshop today, and am trying to determine its year of manufacture. It's a blued heavy barrel 700 Remington chambered in 300 WM, and has double sling swivel studs, and sits in, I believe, a HS precision stock. They have it labeled as a VS Sendero, but it does not have sendero stamped anywhere on the barrel. I had a blued Sendero in 25-06 years ago, and as I recall it had sendero on the barrel (and single sling swivel stud on the forend. Anyways, the serial number is RR00365H. Was this rifle manufactured in 1997 when quality was still good, or is this something much newer. It appears to have been fired very little. Thanks.

You'd have to email Remington to get a date via serial number. If you have the code on the left side of the barrel just ahead of the receiver you can determine it that way easily with info available online.

 

[DIBBS]

I thought that the RR prefix ahead of the serial number indicated month and year of manufacture based on my limited knowledge. Evidently I may have missed the code by the receiver. Thanks for the info.

 

[MagnumManiac]

RR are much newer models, definitely not from 1997.
None of my Sendero II’s have it stamped on the barrel, just the cartridge info and serial number.
A VS is a VS, Varmint Synthetic is my understanding, but could be totally wrong.
I have had a VS in 22-250 and traded it for a VSSF II in 22-250.
The VS was a carbon action/barrel while the VSSF II is a stainless barrel/action.

Cheers.