The following is a brief account (meaning I won't cover every detail before the internet commandos start harassing me for lack of completeness and not covering every little feature) of the groupings of Savage 24's. The marks on the inside of the frame, where the lower barrel seats when closed, are what I would call assembly stampings, and match frame to barrel, found on underside of shot barrel near forend lug, and also sometimes found on the butt stock under the butt plate. These Date Codes are also present on the Model 94 frames and barrels, andI am sure on many others. While the letter within the circle always match on factory matching barrel and frame, the numbers never match, or at least that has always been my experience. I have also found the circle or oval with letters and numbers on the barrel clusters, on the shot barrel or on the barrel assembly lug block.

I would like to add that I have found this circle, or oval, containing one or two numbers plus a single letter, just about anywhere and everywhere on the frame, but only on the outside of the frame, never inside. *From page 1101 of Ned Schwing's 2004 Standard Catalog of Firearms, 14th Edition, published by Krause Publications of Iola, WI. Significance of the numbers is not known.'* The letters correspond to the years shown in the following table. It will appear as a small circle containing a number and a letter.

Usually, it is behind the hinge pin or ahead of the trigger guard on the bottom of the frame. I thought I would pass this information along, instead of keeping it to myself, as it may be useful to someone else.'Collectors will find a date code stamped on every double-barrel shotgun in the Stevens brands produced between March 1949 and December 1968.

He was unable to provide any additional detailed information because serial number records containing details of items manufactured between January 19 were turned over to the BATF by Savage. What he was able to tell me is that my particular rifle was manufactured in March, 1989. Callaghan is the repository of Savage information.Ībout 10 days later I received his reply in the mail. He responds to all inquiries if a SASE is enclosed.Īpparently Mr. When I called Savage customer service to find out a manufacturing date, they stated they did not hold any records on that rifle, but I should write to the following individual and pass him all the information I had about this rifle. Several months ago, I purchased a used Savage 111 rifle.

Savage serial number dates