It's a 29B They replaced the 29A in 1950 and were last cataloged in 1967. Savage started using date codes in 1949, there should be a small circle stamped on the barrel just ahead of the receiver that contains a number and a letter - the letter is the date code starting with 'A' for 1949 and not using O or Q. I have found both 29A's and 29B's with the 'B' date code for 1950. There were a least four different forearms designs used on early 29B's finally becoming standardized about 1952 and they started grooving the receivers for scopes in 1954. They started bluing the slide arms about 1953~1954, all earlier pumps had the slide arms left 'in the white', blued slide arms on early pumps are an indication of a refinished gun.
The 29A's & B's were the strongest pump action Savage made, the earlier Model 29 was of marginal strength for use with Hi-Speed ammunition, so I suggest shooting only Standard Velocity in them and the earlier models should only use that, or lighter.
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