croldfort, Believe the satin receivers on the DLs stopped in about 1967. Savage continued to make Deluxe model 24's, but they had blued receivers after '67. Still had the walnut monte carlo and rolled stamping receiver, but no satin nickel.
M-D, the 24 DLs did not have serials until late, late 68 or early '69, but the oval codes continued until about '71.
We have 2 different 24 we are talking about here. Racer's 24 does have a serial and I agree with Mike that it would date to 1974, or so.
Both are neat guns, and command a good bit of interest in keeping with the 3 - C's: Condition, configuration and community. They are asking obscene prices for them at gun shows in our area.
