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Jun 30, 2009 Short of someone having a dated receipt from Unertl with serial number included, if they did that sort of thing back then, the info you seek does not exist. I did find one of their handbooks (East Street address) with the seperate pricelist but no dates shown. The pricelist shows my 16X target scope at the time was $105.00 Scott.
From 'The Leupold Answer Guide'When was my Scope Manufactured?What year was my scope manufactured? Since 1974 Leupold has incorporated a letter date code in the serial number of each scope. The prefix, beginning with the letter E, was advanced each year. In 1993 the letter changed to a suffix, and was moved to the end of the serial number. Any scope without a letter in the serial number was produced before 1974.
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The following is a list of the date codes for each year of production. Prefix: E - 1974 J - 1978 N - 1982 T - 1986 X - 1990 F - 1975 K - 1979 P - 1983 U - 1987 Y - 1991 G - 1976 L - 1980 R - 1984 V - 1988 Z - 1992 H - 1977 M - 1981 S - 1985 W - 1989 Suffix: A - 1993 B - 1994 C - 1995 D - 1996 E - 1997 F - 1998 G - 1999 For more information, please consult our list of 'frequently asked questions' atRe: Year of manufacture for Leupold scope?
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