Lowest and Highest Serial Number, Huntsville VS Charlotte

[sebvox]

Smoke color, Huntsville marked H025XXXR51.  Remington says June of 2018.

[R51Fan2017]

Smoke color, Huntsville marked H025XXXR51.  Remington says June of 2018.

Interestingly enough, most all of the Smokies are Huntsville frames and have serials starting in the 25xxx block. I wonder if any Charlotte Smokies will surface, or if they are all Huntsville frames.

[sebvox]

I have compiled a spreadsheet of all the known serial numbers and it does seem that all the two-tone Smoke models are Huntsville marked with a range of H022XXXR51 - H027XXXR51.  Oddly I haven't seen any starting with H026XXXR51, but then it skips to the H027XXXR51 range.  I sent an email to Remington requesting some more information but haven't heard back yet.  Probably never going to happen.

[sebvox]

These are the serial number ranges that I have surmised so far.  It is an educated guess deduced from the data I have collected so far and will be updated as new information comes out.  If you have information that is contrary to this, please let me know so I can update.

• 0000501R51 - 0001299R51 = Remington R51 initial release for shows and T&E - around November 2013.  These handguns appear to have a different or thinner finish on the slide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_2nTQLOBiE


• 0001300R51 - 0007699R51 = Gen 1 consumer release before recall of July 25, 2014.  Some of these frames are reused for Gen 2 rebuilds so this sequence number is not definite.  There is some overlap between Gen 1 and Gen 2.  The latest Gen 1 I have found is 0009191R51 and the earliest Gen 2 is 0007781R51.


• 0007700R51 - 0036999R51 = Gen 2 release still marked "Charlotte" starting June 23, 2016 to original Gen 1 owners.  These handguns and all subsequent have the black FNC finished slide. Retail roll-out resumes August 12, 2016.


• H000001R51 - H021999R51 = Gen 2 marked "Huntsville" starting January 2017


• H022000R51 - H027999R51 = Gen 2 in the "Smoke" two-tone color scheme starting September 2017

[Gunfisher]

R51Fan,
     My serial number is H023102R51 on my Smokey!   I see no reason to hide the last
three numbers,   If my gun gets stolen, I will still  have the number to give the
police.
Blackie

There have been instances of fraudulent sellers on gun auction sites using serial numbers and photos harvested from sites such as this.  I doubt that it is common but it has happened and that would be one reason to not share the complete serial number.

Peace favor your sword,
Kirk

Some FFl`s such as Buds online gun shop when they have multiple items offer you your choice by choosing serial #s