• Savage 110 Firearm Dating

    All the threads on the forum requesting the date of manufacture are getting a little out of hand and thus we (the staff) have come to the conclusion that we will no longer be dating any rifles with a serial number beginning with a letter. This is because these guns aren't that old and the letter prefix itself will give you a relative idea of when the rifle was manufactured. The "dating" service is intended more for dating and documenting the older collectable guns that are no longer in production and were made prior to 1968.

    Letter Prefix
    Start Date
    End Date
    A October 1968 February 1972
    B February 1972 September 1975
    C September 1975 February 1979
    D February 1979 July 1982
    E July 1982 May 1989
    F May 1989 November 2001
    G November 2001 December 2009
    H December 2009 May (?) 2013
    J May (?) 2013 ??
    K ?? Late 2018 (?)
    N Late 2018 to Early 2019




    Additional Notes:
    • Savage started using the serial number letter prefix to signify their compliance with the Gun Control Act (GCA) of 1968 and differentiate their firearms that were made before (no letter prefix) and after (with prefix) the GCA went into effect on October 22, 1968.
    • The "F" prefix range is broken up into two groups:
      • S/N F498821 or lower were made while the company was owned by an investment company while working to come out of bankruptcy protection.
      • S/N F498821 and above were made after Ron Coburn and his investors purchased the company on November 1, 1995.

    • The "G" prefix coincided with the change to the AccuTrigger and the round-back receiver.
    • Note that we don't have definitive data on newer guns with the J, K and N serial number prefixes at this time.
    • You will notice that L and M were skipped as letter prefixes. L was likely skipped as it could be easily misidentified as an "I" or "1". M had previously been used exclusively for the Savage 10ML and 10ML-II muzzleloaders.




    Last Updated on 7/19/2019


    This article was originally published in forum thread: Model 10/110 Rifle Dating started by J. Baker View original post
    Comments 3 Comments
    1. mikeinco's Avatar
      mikeinco -
      j goes into 2014 per savage and my rifle
    1. Bar Nuthin's Avatar
      Bar Nuthin -
      • You will notice that L and M were skipped as letter prefixes. L was likely skipped as it could be easily misidentified as an "I" or "1". M had previously been used exclusively for the Savage 10ML and 10ML-II muzzleloaders.


      Any assistance greatly appreciated! I'm not exactly sure when I bought this rifle (new) but I'm thinking it was around 1997

      Sorry - just realized this thread says for Model 110 - but I don't see any way to delete my post.





    1. Bowenguy's Avatar
      Bowenguy -
      Got my granddads 110 recently and it’s F470 I’m assuming that means it’s pre 95