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And only about 535 rifles made in the 800,000 series range, and all in the middle.
I still go with the mis-stamped theory. New employee or something equally silly.
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You mean 834xxx vs 634xxx? That would be early `52 (D). I guess they might have set for a year before someone decided that they could be used.
The one BillR has is interesting...D&T'd, not marked top or side, "99R" (light strike) stamped on brl in front of receiver.
Savage...never say "never".
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I'm not sure it's a one number mis-stamping. I used to just think it was an 8 for a 6.. but as you say, the dates don't look right. It might be a number that was misread off a work order, or special order.. or even intentionally done by a guy in a bad mood.
It could be the numbers are correct (though the number ranges argue against that), and there's something different on them that's not visible. Heat treatment? Slightly different steel?
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Wasn't just the 800k.
Skip 5000 SN's in the 1895's
Skip 10,000 SN's at 55.000
Skip 5,000+ SN's at 84.xxx
Skip 53,000 SN's at 447,xxx
Skip 17,000 SN's at end of 700k
Skip 99,500 SN's in 800k
Skip 30,000 SN's in 900k
Their 1,000,000th rifle should have been serial number 780,000. I always wondered what the number was, that's good information. Thanks for posting that Calhoun. good info Rory
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