I have a Savage 29b .22 pump I bought as a project gun. I found a Youtube video detailing the take down procedure which proved very helpful. I know many of these guns were manufactured without serial numbers. The gun in the video had a full serial number on the lower front portion of the receiver, on the interior of the trigger assembly and visible only when the trigger assembly is removed and also underneath the butt plate.

I checked those 3 spots once I had my gun disassembled an found the capital letters of both "E" and "Q" (minus the quotation marks) in each of those spots.

Hoping someone can tell me what, if anything, those letters mean and if they are helpful in dating or providing any other info on the gun.

Thanks in advance for any information anyone can provide.

Bob