Savage stopped using the rifle's serial number on the buttstock, buttplate and forearm about 1950 and replaced it with an assembly code that was stamped on the right side of the lower tang. This part of the tang is covered by the buttstock. The examples I've looked at had it on all three pieces but this observation may be limited to 1950's and early 1960's rifles so maybe the later rifles didn't have all the parts numbered. The best I can remember these codes contain both numbers and letters and consist of 3 to 5 digits. I'm not home so I can't check any of my late rifles. David
Last edited by wyo1895; 12/16/17.
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