Is there any information available regarding use of serial numbers to help determine year of manufacture of Savage firearms. In my case I am.

Google is your friend. From: In 1949, Savage began stamping a tiny, lightly impressed oval on the lower, front side of the 'lever boss'. The “lever boss” is the extension of the lower part of the receiver into which the lever fits and rotates.

Inside the oval, Savage stamped the letter 'A' together with other numbers which are apparently inspector’s numbers. On many Model 99 rifles, this “oval” is indistinct or difficult to read as are the letters and numbers inside the oval. On my own late model “EG”, serial #709XXX, made in 1953, only the upper case letter “E” and the rear half of the oval’s circumference (which looks like a large, faint, backwards letter 'C') barely show on the lever boss. The front half of the oval’s circumference and whatever is inside the oval in front of the letter “E” are indistinguishable. The letters “O” and “Q” were skipped and not used due to their similar appearance. Here is a complete list of the Lever Boss Codes and their corresponding year of manufacture: A= 1949 B= 1950 C= 1951 D= 1952 E= 1953 F= 1954 G= 1955 H= 1956 I= 1957 J= 1958 K= 1959 L= 1960 M= 1961 N= 1962 O= SKIPPED P=1963 Q= SKIPPED R= 1964 S= 1965 T= 1966 U= 1967 V= 1968 W= 1969 X= 1970 I believe the extended action was not released until 1957 and the tang safety was started in 1964.

Hey there, you seem to be pretty smart about all this stuff. Me and my little brother recently purchased a Savage model 99 from one my my fiance's work pals. They were an old retiring couple and they were trying to get rid of a ton os stuff. He had these four guns in his closet that his deceased brother passed on to him, and those guns in turn were passed on to him from their grandfather, etc.

Gramota s prikolami kollege pro rabotu. No idea how old it goes back, but it looks OLD and it still shoots fine. WE dont shoot it that often though because ammo is expensive.

Anyhow, the serial number is 646346 and it doesnt have a letter in it. Any idea how old or what it could be worth?

If it has a serial # the best I can do is 1968 or later. Since the pictures are not back yet, I will explain to the best of my ability. The Savage/Stevens date code is a very small oval, usually on the underside of the receiver on doubles. Inside that oval is a very small number and letter.

The letter is the year of manufacture. A=1949, B=1950 etc. 'O' and 'Q' were not used because of similarity to a zero. All the other marks you see are there to make sure pieces that may have been separated inside the factory find each other again. So a large 'A' by itself inside a circle in not the date code.

If the serial # starts with an 'A' that is not the date code. Thanks I think that is quite helpful. The gun I have is a Stevens 311, series H, 410 gauge, with a serial number that begins wiht the letter D. It is in aobut 99% original finish. I was concerned that it might be fairly old and changing the stock would reduce the value.

It has a hard wood stock and forearm with impressed checkering, that although in 99% condition, is really ugly and I would like to replace it with a nice walnut stock and forearm. Does anyone have a better idea of the date of manufacture or want to comment on changing the stock? I'm just finishing a new straight grip stock, which was never on Stevens 311s, but there isn't much if any change in value. I've seen a couple re-stocked Stevens with the straight stock go pretty fast on GB at a good price.