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This one has a capital letter C prefix ahead of a six digit number and it appears only on the left side of the frame.

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Do you know the significance of this C letter prefix Can I determine the date of manufacture from this letter Do letter prefixes occur on other versions of the Stevens 311 I have seen Stevens 311s with no serial numbers at all.

Can you make some sense out of SavageStevensFoxSpringfield serial number usage that will help me to date my doubles and clue me in on important variations Can you tell me what the letter prefixes mean Does it give me a clue to the correct Model designation I am confused.

The short answer is yes, but it would take more space than Gun Digest can give us for this QA column to give you complete answers.

Stevens used plain numbers from their first double in 1878 until 1913.

Letter prefixes crept in on the serial numbers used on both hammer and hammerless doubles from 1913 to 1939.

They always signified a change in mechanical design or manufacturing process which resulted in an interesting variant.

From 1940 to 1948 no serial numbers were used on doubles, only capital letters, usually in groups of three or four, the letter(s) sometimes enclosed in a circle, along with an inspectors symbol ( a heart, a diamond, a spade or some such shape, on the bottom of the frame behind the hinge pin.

From 1948 to 1968 the letter symbols under the frame were changed to a Capital letter with a one or two digit number in a 14 circle.

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This was a date code which you will find illustrated in the Savage-Stevens-Fox pages of your Standard Catalog of Firearms.

From October 1968 to March 1988 SavageStevensFox B doubles are serial numbered in a completely new serial number range beginning at A000001.

The six digit (always) numbers, stamped only on the left side of the frame, not on the barrels or fore end or on the wood, are preceded by capital letters from A to E.

The letter prefix accompanied the SavageStevensFoxBSpringfield serial number on every gun they made from 1968 on.

Beginning about 1978 numbers 1 to 20 were also stamped on the three major components, frame,barrels and fore end iron, to enable the factory to keep 20 guns of like model together in a group for packing in the standard 20 gun shipping carton.

Since I am interested only in double guns I stopped looking for numbers on SavageStevens doubles after 1988 because thats the year they shipped their last Stevens Model 311.

The highest number I have seen was on 20 gauge Stevens Model 311 Series H serial number E957971.

The Savage branded imported doubles, over and unders or side by sides, are numbered differently.

Each model is numbered in the range created by its manufacturer.

As you probably have heard, SavageStevens production records on their older models were destroyed in a sprinkler accident about 35 years ago, according to officers of the company.

To calculate an approximate number of Stevens Model 311s that were made from 1968 to 1988 you could do this math exercise.

Since Savage used 5 letters (A to E), each on 999,999 guns, they must have made about 5 million guns.

Perhaps 40 were doubles in the various Savage Brands and Private Brands.

No wonder the 311 in its various variations is the all time favorite American made double.

And think how many Stevens 311s ( and Stevens made doubles that looked like Stevens 311s but carried private brands) had already been produced in the years between 1940 (first year of the true Stevens Model 311) and 1968, during which time they werent serial numbered at all There must be at least 4 million Stevens Model 311s, in one form or another, out there Related GunDigest Articles Stevens Introduces its First Semiautomatic Shotgun Stevens 320 Pump Shotgun Line Goes 20-Gauge Three New Stevens 555 Compact Models NEXT STEP: Download Your Free Storm Tactical Printable Target Pack 62 Printable MOA Targets with DOT Drills - Rifle Range in YARDS This impressive target pack from our friends at Storm Tactical contains 62 printable targets for rifle and handgun range use.

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