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R51 Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:35 pm
by MDjet1
What is the highest sighting of SN? Mine is 00030xxR51.

Just wonder how many are out now.

Re: Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 7:19 pm
by Electraclyde
mine is 55xxR51

Re: Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:25 pm
by ToneDeath
Just like the villain in the Clint Eastwood movie ask "I gotta know did you fire 5 shots or 6 shots"

I got to know what's the big deal with keeping your serial # so secret ?

Mine is   0006**0R51

:shock:

Re: Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:51 pm
by pinetreebbs
As I have posted, mine is with Remington for repair.

0005???R51 Mine is more than 5k

I'll continue the mystery.

Re: Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:52 pm
by pinetreebbs
It would be good to know the status of your pistol as well as the serial number range.

Re: Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 12:11 am
by JRH6856
OK, mine is 00064xx and other than the problems arising from the non SAMMI spec chamber, is running fine for now. Magazines may have a problem or two but it will take a few hundred more rounds to nail it down.

Re: Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 8:31 am
by lklawson
ToneDeath wrote:I got to know what's the big deal with keeping your serial # so secret ?
I used to feel the same way so I did some research and this is what I found.

Some criminals have been caught using serial numbers they found online to sell non-existent guns on sites such as GunBroker.

It has further been noted that someone meaning to make life hard for you could take your serial numbers and report them as stolen. Then if you ever got to make a transfer through an FFL, the gun would be flagged and you may have to go through an expensive and time consuming process to prove that it's really your gun.

A gun's serial number is its identity. Your gun can have its identity stolen just like you can if you publish your SS# or a Credit Card#.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Re: Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Fri Apr 18, 2014 3:46 pm
by draidt
lklawson wrote:
ToneDeath wrote:I got to know what's the big deal with keeping your serial # so secret ?
I used to feel the same way so I did some research and this is what I found.

Some criminals have been caught using serial numbers they found online to sell non-existent guns on sites such as GunBroker.

It has further been noted that someone meaning to make life hard for you could take your serial numbers and report them as stolen. Then if you ever got to make a transfer through an FFL, the gun would be flagged and you may have to go through an expensive and time consuming process to prove that it's really your gun.

A gun's serial number is its identity. Your gun can have its identity stolen just like you can if you publish your SS# or a Credit Card#.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk


The same caution is exercised in Motorcycle forums when posters well the vast majority will blur out the license plate when posting pictures of the ride. Far too easy to obtain the address where the bike is garaged.

Re: Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Sat May 31, 2014 9:12 am
by MDjet1
So this SN# check stopped quick. I'm sure many have been sold in the last six weeks. The highest sighting is in 6000 range. Just posting again to move it to the top. Would think the numbers are higher than the 10,000s now.

Re: Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 12:55 pm
by SHOOTER13
You can call Remington...they would be able to tell you exactly how many have been produced.

Re: Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:05 am
by lincen
From what we are hearing, or should I say NOT hearing, from Remington lately, it would not be worth the time to call them about serial numbers. They act as if this R51 never existed on their website. Still no word on a "fix" for these guns and no hint of a recall.

Re: Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 7:47 am
by lklawson
lincen wrote:From what we are hearing, or should I say NOT hearing, from Remington lately, it would not be worth the time to call them about serial numbers. They act as if this R51 never existed on their website.
The website still has the R51 in the top five news stories on the left hand corner of the front page and it's still on the cover of the catalog, showing in the center of the page, and prominently appearing in its pages. It was never in the "products" web page and the owner's manual was never posted online in the help documents to begin with which is why I scanned in the document and made it publicly available. It's not as if Remington removed any references from their website.

When I contacted Remington Help requesting information on what the 2D Barcode on the side of the firearm was, or then I contacted them regarding when they would post an electronic version of the owner's manual, I did get replies both times. It took a while on the former and details were sparse, but it was confirmed that the matrix barcode is the SN of the firearm. The reply on the PDF of the owner's manual was that they would post it when the gun was officially released. This was after I had bought my R51. :P

Still no word on a "fix" for these guns and no hint of a recall.
Playing it close to the vest is hurting them. It's burning their public Good Will off the balance sheet as if it were kindling wood.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Re: R51 Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Tue Aug 15, 2017 11:28 am
by Clouseau
85xxxR1 June, 2017

Re: R51 Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 7:24 pm
by Heimdallr
Clouseau wrote:85xxxR1 June, 2017

Thanks!

Re: R51 Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Tue May 01, 2018 1:00 pm
by Oldwolf
0031xxx1R51

Re: R51 Serial Numbers

PostPosted: Thu Oct 22, 2020 12:18 pm
by Conman37
It has been a while but here is the serial number on my R51

D009357R51