CW got the pm, that gun is right as rain, don't think it's been counterfeited, can't see someone going through the trouble of marking it like that.

I wish Savage Arms was doing letters but they're slower than the second coming. If John Callahan still had them I could call one in, he used to be good for that to guys he trusted and knew they'd send him the money after the info. It came in handy in emergency situations like finding 1907 pistols that were nickel. He saved me alot of money that day as it turned out it left the factory blued.

I'll dig into this a bit more, I know a guy that has some R and D stuff, I don't think those serial numbers were very straight either.