yeah, I saw it when I went to that thread. If memory serves me we had a thread years ago where some one came up with a serial # in the 3200 range. As far as the numbering starting at 5000 and then going backwards after about 8200 I have the following historian letters: SN 5162 received at Savages offices Feb 22, 1896; 7844 received at Savage's offices August 7, 1896 and 4775 received at Savage's offices December 26, 1896. This third rifle seems to validate that the numbers started going down at about SN 5000 after reaching 8200+ or -. Do you have a letter on 3603?
I'm going to Cody Tuesday. Maybe I can shed some light on this while I'm there.
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