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I have an 870 Police Magnum trade in from Orange County Florida Sherrif's Dept. and I'm trying to find out why my barrel has a date code of March 1994 AO but it has an address of Madison, N.C. Serial # is B-9834XXM with a Speedfeed stock and extended magazine. From what I find online the Madison plant wasn't open until about 1996 and I also thought that all Police Magnums were produced in a separate facility only at the Ilion N.Y plant. I don't think the new owners of Remington would have any info from 1994. I would appreciate any help from the forum folks. Thank you.
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Something doesn't add up though. The barrel has a date code AO March 1994 and the Madison N.C. factory wasn't built until 1996 according to Remington history. These Orange County Fl. Police Magnums were all from the early to late 90's. Were all Police Magnums made in N.Y or did they have a separate place at the Madison N.C. plant as well?
 
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I just answered my own question. I called Remarms and the guy said no guns were made in Madison N.C. it was only the Corporate Headquarters. He said a few 870 Police Magnums had barrel roll mark "Remington Arms Inc. Madison N.C." On closer look I think my date code is AQ not AO just missing the tail and is oval shaped not round. Therefore, the B prefix in my serial number was for 1994-1996 and AQ would be March 1996 so it's just an early error. It should have been roll marked Ilion, N.Y.
 
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I bought 2- of these from my friend who was a Lieutenant with the Oronge County Sherriff Department years back and I gave one to my son. I never looked at the barrel address and just had to get to the bottom of why it was S.C. and not N.Y. The one my son has is the N.Y. address.
 
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