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Regolith · October 9, 2010, 10:05 PM

I don't know about that particular type of rifle, but often letters are used to designate variants of a model. For instance, on Remington 870 shotguns, an M at the end of the serial number indicates that it's a magnum receiver, and can handle 2 3/4" or 3" shells, where as (IIRC) an SM indicates a super magnum that can also handle 3 1/2" shells.

Also, according to my very quick research, no more than 285,000 or so of those rifles were ever made, so I doubt that they ran out of numbers.

Edit: After a little more research, I found this page: http://www.wisnersinc.com/additional...erl_88_100.htm

It appears that the A may indicate a replaced or duplicated receiver.

October 9, 2010, 10:05 PM	#2
Regolith Senior Member Join Date: September 30, 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest Posts: 400	I don't know about that particular type of rifle, but often letters are used to designate variants of a model. For instance, on Remington 870 shotguns, an M at the end of the serial number indicates that it's a magnum receiver, and can handle 2 3/4" or 3" shells, where as (IIRC) an SM indicates a super magnum that can also handle 3 1/2" shells. Also, according to my very quick research, no more than 285,000 or so of those rifles were ever made, so I doubt that they ran out of numbers. Edit: After a little more research, I found this page: http://www.wisnersinc.com/additional...erl_88_100.htm It appears that the A may indicate a replaced or duplicated receiver. Last edited by Regolith; October 9, 2010 at 10:11 PM.