Bought a 110 in .30-06 by accident, 4 digit SN, no letter, no accutrigger...

[PhilC]

It has all those features - the rear sight bump is what made me decide to buy it.
I once had another pretty old Savage 110 .30-06, and it was THE most accurate rife I ever owned. Hoping this one will be similar. This 110 has a different look and feel from my previous 110's...Very solid and a little heavier...
Looking for a 6x fixed power scope for it now to replace that old glass...
SO...this is pre - 1960, and they started making them in '58...Hmmm. Thanks!
MS

added- the sticky covers those SN's with a letter prefix...this does not have one, just the 4 numbers beginning with 5...

Actually, they started making them in 1957, I own one verified to be the 71st Savage 110 produced. There are no alpha characters preceding any 4 or 5 digit serial numbers on 110s (maybe even some early 6 digit serial numbers too). The Accutrigger showed up several decades later.

There should be two stamps on the barrel one is the proof stamp (circle with SP inside) which follows the caliber designation and the other is the inspector's stamp which precedes the text "Proof tested...". The inspector's stamp is a circle with two digits followed by a letter. This is the one to pay attention to and the letter will tell you the year and you can decode from the chart elsewhere on the site. This, of course, assumes the rifle still wears the same barrel it left the factory with.

Alpha character before serial numbers started after Dec 1968 - hhttp://www.savageshooters.com/showthread.php?55695-Dating-Serial-Numbers-with-a-Letter-Prefix

Barrel code chart can be seen in this post - http://www.savageshooters.com/showth...arly-110-Lefty

My '57 can be seen here.