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Had a chance to handle one of these today, never even seen one
until today. Cant find any for sale on the net, are they that
rare? How about date of mfg? Serial#4xxxxL. Regards, Jericho.

Round barrel or octagon? Checked buttstock?

Best I can do is if it's got an octagon bbl, it's pre war, probably. It superseded the Model 29 and was itself superseded by the 29 B.

Neat old rifles and usually accurate, always fun to take out and shoot. Some say the 29 A was the best 22 pump Savage made. I like the 1903 myself but the 29 A is very good if you prefer a tube magazine.

Rick or Gene can do better on the date.

It should be a round brl made sometime in the 40's.

The 29 family has been a real challenge determining how all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. I'll take a guess that there were less than 30,000 of the 29A's w/checkered stock and round barrel produced.

Very interesting thread for me, so thanks for the information guys!

I have a Savage 29A with octagon barrel and checkering -- inherited from an uncle.

John

Sweden... you probably have the only one in the country.

Canadian uncle!

John

If you want the collage course on the M29 PM GeneB. Gene! Don't shoot me!

This rifle has round barrel,checkered stocks, but no peep sight.

In several years of recording info on 29-A's I have seen many more with checkered stock and round barrels than any other configuration, here is some of a break down I just wrote up a few months ago. The limited number leaves some very large gaps in the recorded serial numbers. I still am very unsure of what occured durring and just after WWII, much of that is just guess work so take it as such -

My database of 35 observed 29-A�s as of May 2013 has-

- 10 with checkered wood & octagon barrels �serial numbers from 1027L to 332xxL. The L was added to the serial on Savage branded guns, a K was used on house brands and an M on Stevens, all these were in the same serial number sequence so the serial numbers reflect the total combined production of all the various versions, including house brands. The M on Stevens is very rare & I have only seen one example and that was on a Stevens Model 75 that dated several years before the 29-A, later Stevens named pumps were treated like house brands & had a K.

- 24 with checkered wood and round barrels, serial numbers from 43704L to 58438L. There are several sources that say rounds barrels were post war but the numbers seen suggest otherwise and Savage dropped octagon barrel from the description in catalog # 76 with a price list dated Jan 2, 1942; but it did not then say round barrel or show that in the picture � the ratio of round barreled 29-A�s to octagon suggests to me that the change to round barrels must have occurred even earlier than this. (Again the house brands are included in the range of serial numbers.)

- 2 with checkered wood and no serial number � these will have a combination of numbers, letters, and/or symbols where the serial number would be ranging from a couple to several (the same will be stamped on the stock under the butt plate). I believe these have to be post war but I am unsure about serial numbered guns some of which could also be post war.

- 2 with plain stock, grooved forearm, round barrel, and no serial number � these I consider the very last of the 29-A�s, made just before the release of the 29-B's.

All 29-A�s without serials number seem quite scarce. Also it should be noted that the years immediatly after WWII were when Savage moved to Chicopee Falls. The 1947 product catalog lists the Model 29 with checkered wood and round barrel but has a note that it was �not available in 1947�; this catalog also has the Chicopee Falls address. The model 29 is then not listed the 1948 & 1949 catalogs; in the 1950 catalog it is again listed and the picture and description has a round barrel and un-checkered wood.

The product catalogs all just say Model 29 without any letter suffix so the change between models cannot be found there.

Thank you Gene, this rifle is in very good condition, not drilled
and tapped, and the stock is very nice, walnut I assume?

Wow!

The breadth and depth of the knowledge here on the 'Fire never ceases to amaze me!

Gene and others: I have saved out this thread so that this valuable information will go along with my 29A some day.

John

Greeting guys,
I helped an older fellow clean out his basement and he came upon a Savage 29A..octagonal barrel, checked foregrip and stock, no serial #...he gave it to me for helping...the action was locked as a pin had broken and the shell lifter was out so I took it to a gunsmith and he is replacing these items....any idea what it might be valued at?
Thanks

W/o photos? $12.

Value depends on condition. Serial in on front of the action under the barrel.

They Can Range from 150 to 350 or More Pending CONDITION from what i have seen.

I'd Say average around 225 to 250 you can get a pretty nice one
Nice Pumps. As others Said,
And accurate also.

Hey Gene, another 29-A for your data base. Mine has checkered stocks, octagon barrel and serial # 280xx with an L. Plastic butt plate with SVG in a round punch at the bottom. Great little shooter!

Another for the database.
29-A
Round barrel
Checkered
#36552L

Another one also.
29A
Octogaon Barrel
Checkered
14179 L

What is the opinion on the value of a 29S, the model that have the special sights. How rare are they?? I only seen one in pretty minty condition and the guy wanted like $750.00 for it. Does that sound in the ball park?