Hope this helps shed some light on the serial number mystery. (I’m not a statistician, just used High School Math!) If anyone knows of better data, please share it with us on this forum. My example has a number of original and matching parts, a bayonet, and other items that place it in the higher tier for cost, but serviceable examples exist in as good a shape as mine without all the goodies. The data was derived from extrapolation, not Savage Production Data (which seems to be missing). Remember these approximations for reference. Total Production ~1,028,903 units producedĪssuming 1942 was a ramp-up year, full production was attained by mid 1942, and continued at full production throughout 1943, and then dropped down in the last 2 months of production (May-June 1944), we can project these serial numbers connected to these APPROXIMATE dates: Fortunately there is enough data in Owner’s Survey from another post on this site to determine how to link Production Dates to Serial Numbers (within a month’s accuracy)ġ3C2752 - 1942 MKI highest MKI # 1942 dateġ3C2845 - 1942 MKI* lowest MKI* # 1942 dateģ6C1916 - 1942 MKI* highest MKI* # 1942 dateĥ1C7693 - no date lowest MKI* # with no dateĠC63110 - no date highest MKI* # with no dateįirst, the Serial Number is the clue to the Production Volume.įor example, the serial number 96C1106 means the 961,106 gun off the production line.ġ941 ~ 2,800 units produced, beginning July 22, 1941ġ943 ~445,000 units produced units/monthġ944 ~220,000 units produced, ending June 22, 1944
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