Hi - I'm in the part of Illinois that is NOT Chicago. I am familiar with many types of firearms, but not so much with semi-auto shotguns.

I have pulled a Savage 755A out of the barn, cleaned it up & gotten it running. My question is the classic Savage question ... When was it made?

I have looked all over and I know there SHOULD be a date code in an oval ... somewhere. I have looked at every inch of this shotgun and find no oval ... no letters either.

All I have is the serial number (I guess) 553444 in 2 locations - in front of the ejection port and on the under side of the barrel. Under the barrel it looks like one number was stamped out and changed?

https://i.postimg.cc/sDNp3pmk/20250107-160810.jpg

I'm afraid that's all I've got.

Any help is appreciated & if this is in the wrong thread, please feel free to move it.

THANKS!