These dates are very accurate for that manufacturing step, but may not reflect when the rifle was fully finished or shipped. * December, 1968 – 2001+ : Dates for rifles in this time frame are dates that serial numbers were stamped on the receivers during the manufacturing process. Any given rifle might be shipped months or years after the average rifle in that serial number range. So these dates can vary even more than the accepted from factory dates for the “average” ship time. Rifles weren’t always shipped in order, and some models/chamberings sold better than others and thus sat in the shipping dept longer. Savage Arms no longer recorded the accepted from factory dates in the ledgers. * Fall of 1926 – December, 1968 : The dates in this serial range are when the rifles were shipped from the factory. Any given rifle might be finished months or even a year+ later than the average rifle in that serial number range, though.
From there it would have been stored and ready to ship. * 1895 – fall of 1926 : The dates returned above are the date the rifles probably was finished and accepted from the factory. The ledgers record different things over time, and we use the “best” dates that we have for each year. M had previously been used exclusively for the Savage 10ML and 10ML-II muzzleloaders.What Is The Date? So, what does a “ Date“ returned from a web site or book for your Savage rifle actually mean? Well, what it means varies by time periods. L was likely skipped as it could be easily misidentified as an "I" or "1". You will notice that L and M were skipped as letter prefixes.Note that we don't have definitive data on newer guns with the J, K and N serial number prefixes at this time.The "G" prefix coincided with the change to the AccuTrigger and the round-back receiver.S/N F498821 and above were made after Ron Coburn and his investors purchased the company on November 1, 1995.S/N F498821 or lower were made while the company was owned by an investment company while working to come out of bankruptcy protection.The "F" prefix range is broken up into two groups:.Savage started using the serial number letter prefix to signify their compliance with the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968 and differentiate their firearms that were made before (no letter prefix) and after (with prefix) the GCA went into effect on October 22, 1968.
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