There are other outside resources – including the Cody Firearm Museum - which can be excellent for determining date of manufacture and value: Click here to go to our gun values resource links. This late historian George Madis compiled extensive histories on Winchester firearms.The Cody Firearms Museum has more information on Winchesters produced before 1900.No attempt has been made to determine the value of any guns listed.For questions related to Ammunition don’t call us.Ask for the Winchester Repeating Arms Historian. In some exceptional cases, a more detailed, accurate determination can be made by calling the Winchester Repeating Arms Historian at the Morgan, Utah office.Since this information was provided through old documents (both official and otherwise), no representation is made that all serial number and year combinations are totally accurate.There is no other detail beyond this that we can provide. The best way to look up serial number information for a Savage rifle is to visit the gun manufacturers web site and select the Part Finder tab.

In general, only serial number ranges with an approximate year are provided in this document.Any information before the 1990s is always difficult to verify. Before the 1990s the Winchester Repeating Arms firearms brand transferred ownership several times. Savage Firearms dates of manufacture or Date Code, AKA the Lever Boss Code, are an oval stamp with an inspectors number followed by a letter inside.If your firearm is not listed, we probably do not have any additional information. Many of the Winchester brand firearms produced over the years are included, but not all.The numbers indicate the inspector, and the letter indicates the year. On Savage 99’s it is on the front of the lever above the serial number, and is a letter inside an oval stamp preceded by 1 or 2 numbers. Please keep the following points in mind as you explore these pages: Savage Date Codes 1949 1970 From 1949 through 1970, Savage Arms stamped a date code on almost all their firearms.

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