Remington 552 date question

[mosinnagantm9130]

A relative of mine has a 552 I'm doing a little bit of research on, and it's barrel has the code "BXG" on it.

I don't see an "XG" year code on the remington date of manufacture chart, so am I correct in assuming this rifle was made in january of 1973 and the "G" is an inspectors proof stamp, not a date code?

[0321jarhead]

Were you on this sight?

http://www.remingtonsociety.com/rsa/questions/barrelcodes

[mosinnagantm9130]

Were you on this sight?

http://www.remingtonsociety.com/rsa/...ns/barrelcodes

Yeah, that's one of the places I've seen that chart.