Quote Originally Posted by Mad Dog View Post
Can't help on the pics as all I have is a model & from that era but the serial number has me interested.

Are you sure it's the serial number and not an assembly marking? Where is it located on the rifle?
Hi Mad Dog
Thanks for the reply. Just grabbed the rifle out of the safe and had a look for any marks / stamps .What i have found is as follows: *Savage made in the USA Model 5 in front of the rear sight assembly. *On the L/H side of the barrel side near the rear sight has two stamps and they read: SP in an oval shape stamp mark and a number 18 in a circle stamp mark, these two stamps are near each other.
*Have found the supposedly serial number that the rifle is registered with , this number is on the L/H underside of the action.The wood has to be removed to see this number obviously.