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December 18th, 2010, 01:19 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NC
Posts: 100
| Poly Tech Manufacture Date ???
Is there any way to date a Poly Tech by the serial number, importer, etc...?
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December 18th, 2010, 04:23 PM
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#2 | | Professional Slacker
Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Mississippi
Posts: 2,149
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You got me bud....I wish I knew also...just today worked two Poly's with early ooxxxx number and one with 039xxx....the owner can only remember it was.....80's or ?.....must be nice to have so many you can't remember when you got em huh.
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December 18th, 2010, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NC
Posts: 100
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My S/N is 038XX. Imported by" IDE USA SFLD MICH".
Trying to determine an approximate mfg date to plan for upgrades or not.
Thanks
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December 19th, 2010, 04:20 PM
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#4 | | Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: oklahoma city
Posts: 6
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I could use the same help.. mine is heel stamp 021xx
Do not know the age of the gun at all was a hand me down..
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December 19th, 2010, 07:46 PM
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#5 | | Platoon Sergeant
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Texas
Posts: 345
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I would be interested to know also, mine is heel stamped 014XX
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December 20th, 2010, 11:40 AM
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#6 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dixie
Posts: 1,846
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I have two heel stamped Poly Tech M-14/S rifles 0057X and 0098X both were bought used in the past ten years.
I didn't have the sense to mortgage my house and use the money to fill my garage up with them when they were both far cheaper and very abundant at the gun shows and on dealers shelves.
7th
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December 24th, 2010, 06:21 AM
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#7 | | Lifer
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Posts: 7,812
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Originally Posted by pastprime  Is there any way to date a Poly Tech by the serial number, importer, etc...? | Yes, if you provide the importer marking and the "lotto numbers" stamped on the left side of the receiver under the stock line.
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February 12th, 2011, 08:04 AM
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#8 | | Old Salt
Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dixie
Posts: 1,846
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My latest M-14/S serial number 0057X has the following stamped on the left side of the receiver below the stock line...
88 01 21 so I take this to mean the rifle was made January 21, 1988 or at least that was when the receiver was forged at the foundry....
7th
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February 12th, 2011, 12:19 PM
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#9 | | Lifer
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Posts: 7,812
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Originally Posted by Seventh Fleet My latest M-14/S serial number 0057X has the following stamped on the left side of the receiver below the stock line...
88 01 21 so I take this to mean the rifle was made January 21, 1988 or at least that was when the receiver was forged at the foundry....
7th | It's January 1988 for that receiver. After about the first 2000 Chinese M14 rifles imported into the United States, the "lotto number" format changed. You can still decipher the meaning but you have to understand how the numbering was arranged. I should do a You Tube video to explain the secret Chinese M14 lotto code. Glenn Beck, watch out! 
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February 15th, 2011, 06:08 AM
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#10 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 549
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Mine has a code like this. 10 34 2/ 4 Ser.# 08612
Has the IDE USA type stamping on the side.....any help on D.O.M.?
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February 17th, 2011, 01:07 PM
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#11 | | Automatic Rifleman
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Concord NC
Posts: 137
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Originally Posted by brassmagnet Mine has a code like this. 10 34 2/ 4 Ser.# 08612
Has the IDE USA type stamping on the side.....any help on D.O.M.? | 3-4-1991?
Mine has 3 3 31 48 7
As I figure it, 3-31-1993.
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February 17th, 2011, 01:57 PM
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#12 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 549
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That is kinda what we were figuring. It's the last three numbers that I'm really curious about now. Any clue what they stand for? Mine has a slash between two of them.
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February 20th, 2011, 05:17 PM
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#13 | | Lifer
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Posts: 7,812
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Originally Posted by brassmagnet Mine has a code like this. 10 34 2/ 4 Ser.# 08612
Has the IDE USA type stamping on the side.....any help on D.O.M.? | I see from your other post that the lotto numbers are 10 34 21 4. These markings were hand stamped. Your receiver was made in October 1990. Again, after the first 2000 receivers the numbering format doesn't make sense unless you see many lotto numbers lined up in a spreadsheet. The numbering format is not arranged the same way throughtout Chinese production.
Last edited by Different; February 21st, 2011 at 01:24 PM.
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February 20th, 2011, 05:18 PM
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#14 | | Lifer
Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Posts: 7,812
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Originally Posted by Zero0 3-4-1991?
Mine has 3 3 31 48 7
As I figure it, 3-31-1993. | No date, just year and month is derived from the lotto numbers. Your receiver was made in March 1993.
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February 21st, 2011, 07:11 AM
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#15 | | Platoon Commander
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 549
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Originally Posted by Different I see from your other post that the lotto numbers are 10 34 21 4. These markings were hand stampedl. Your receiver was made in October 1990. Again, after the first 2000 receivers the numbering format doesn't make sense unless you see many lotto numbers lined up in a spreadsheet. The numbering format is not arranged the same way throughtout Chinese production. | Amazing!  I never would have been able to decipher that date! Someday when you have time you have to let me in on the secret (chuckle)
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