So what we have is the following.
Serial # Date received at Savage's Office
5266 2-21-1896
5162 2-22-1896
5449 3-5-1896
6274 4-25-1896
7844 8-7-1896
3903 9-3-1896
4775 12-26-1896
We need more data. This limited data makes it sound like they started back at about 3000 and went up into the high 4000's instead of going backwards from about 5000.
Incidentally 4775 was a SRC that was still in Savage inventory when they started producing 1899's. Therefore it could have been very late production. The factory shortened the barrel and installed an 1899 type bolt. It wasn't shipped until June 29, 1899. It was shipped to the Rice-Lewis Co. No location given but there was a company by that name in Ontario, Canada, near the guy Bill Rantz bought the rifle from.
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