Old Savage Sporter .22

Hello everyone, its been a long time since ive been on here. And i guess long enough that i had to re-register. But anyway. I've been browsing the gun shops lately looking for a nice used .22 for my son for christmas. (He is 7 months old, lol) And i came across a nice little savage .22 yesterday, it looked old and different so i said i'd take it just based off of that. I dont have any pics cause its on layaway at my local gun shop cause i didnt have the cash on me so i just put $20 in it for them to hold it for me.

So here is the details. Its a Savage Sporter, thats all it says on the barrel. The clip is weird, in that it has a round nob on the bottom and you have to sort of push it forward to get the clip to pop out. There is a serial number on it. 1705XX. Does anyone have any information on this. I thought it would be a nice little .22 that my son can start out with and hopefully keep for a long time. Its going to be quite a few years before he could shoot it but i wanted to get him something for his first christmas. I dished out $140 for it.

Thanks guys!

It sounds like the Mod 29a (?). It comes from the Mod 19 family. One piece barrel/ reciever. Schenaval (sp) stock. Dual firing pin? At $140 with the magazine sounds like a good deal. I have seen the mags go for $50+ by themselves. Usually a pretty good shooter. I have the Mod 19 it was made from. The early Mod 19 was made from 1919 to 1933(?).

Thanks, based off the rsearch ive done the 29A are the ones with the clip with a rounded front end and square back end, and a knurled knob on the bottom. Thats what i got.