1. The Remington Woodsmaster Model 740 is a semi-automatic rifle manufactured by Remington Arms between 1955 and 1959. The rifle had a 22-inch barrel and a four-round magazine. The original calibers were 30-06 and.308, but calibers.244 and.280 were made available subsequently.
2. Modern Remington barrels are stamped with a Date/Code, which denotes when it was made. Remington Year of Manufacture Codes maybe found on the barrel of your Remington shotgun, on the left side, just forward of the receiver. The first letter of the Code is the month of manufacture, followed by one or two letters which are the year of manufacture.

1. Remington 742 Woodsmaster
2. Remington Serial Number Lookup 742

They do list a 740A Woodmaster that was made from 1955-1960, and the 742 Woodmaster that was made from 1961-1980. Not to cause a fuss, but according to Remington, serial numbers were not required by the ATF until the 60s. And not all guns had a serial number. Date codes and other.

Remington 742 Woodsmaster

The Remington Woodsmaster Model 740 is a semi-automatic rifle manufactured by Remington Arms between 1955 and 1959.^[1] The rifle had a 22-inch barrel and a four-round magazine.^[1] The original calibers were 30-06 and .308, but calibers .244 and .280 were made available subsequently. The blued metal barreled action was mounted in a walnut stock. This model was succeeded by the Remington Model 742 in 1960 and the Remington Model 7400 in 1980.^[2]

References[edit]

Remington Serial Number Lookup 742

1. ^ ^abcdefg'Model 740 Woodsmaster'. Remington Arms Company LLC. Archived from the original on 18 May 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.Cite uses deprecated parameter deadurl= (help)
2. ^ ^abcdePeterson, Philip. Gun Digest Book of Modern Gun Values: The Shooter's Guide to Guns 1900 to Present (16th ed.). p. 384.