Oldgunsmith, it was probably produced in 1896. My SRC serial # 47xx was received at Savage's N.Y. offices Dec 26, 1896
Come on really, thats 5 days away from 1897, were just picking flysheet out of pepper now. I own 4786 1895B accepted April 27th 1897.
Like Rory said my numbers are ballpark, there are exceptions, lots of them. For example 4389 1895 military Dec 11, 1896, 4405 Apr 15 1897.
