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Commercial Weapons => Shotguns => Topic started by: OldEagleEye67 on December 08, 2023, 11:26:32 AM
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On the left side of the receiver is stamped:
STEVENS
SAVAGE ARMS CORPORATION
CHICOPEE FALLS, MASS. U.S.A.
On the lower left of the stamping is a stamping/engraving of what looks like a lab retriever sniffing and pointing out a downed fowl.
On the right side of the receiver is just a 5100 stamp just slightly behind and below the right breech.
I cannot find any serial number stamp. Does anyone know where I might find that?
Thanks in advance,
OldEagleEye67
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It predates the GCA1968 where serial numbers are required, so there possibly isn't a serial.. I have an old Stevens singleshot with no serial. The Savage/Stevens name was produced in that factory between 1920 and 1960, when that plant closed and moved to Westfield Mass.
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If it is not on the outside bottom front of the receiver then I think it will be on a tang or flat area of the inside part of the receiver once you break it open. It may be old enough not to have one though, as GM mentioned.