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< 16ga. General Discussion ~ model 311 |
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Sat Aug 25, 2007 10:28 am
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I have just purchused a model 311a stevens 16 ga. There is no serial # on it, only M E and A J (these 2 letters each have a circle around them) are stamped on the receiver bottom, barrle flats, and forearm metal, also there is #148 with a circle around it stammped in the receiver bottom. Does anyone know or information about this shotgun and why there is no serial # on it. Thank you. hnterboy |
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Sat Aug 25, 2007 12:36 pm
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Joined: 29 Jun 2007
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Location: Maricopa County, Arizona
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It was made prior to the reguirement, that all firearms must have a serial number.
I have a Savage/ Fox B 16 gauge that has no number. At least your is marked 311A, this was the first series of the 311's. I have a 311H in 12 gauge which was the last series I believe. My 311H S/N dates it to 1962.
The 311 R( Riot gun it had rifle sights) was the law enforcement version. The 311/410 is the rare piece, one in good condition can be worth $900.00 to $1000.00.
I am not a collector, just a shooter. 311's are the tank of SXS's. Some discribe the 311 as the Shotgun which has a two pipes on a two by Four. |
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Sat Aug 25, 2007 5:15 pm
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Joined: 08 Nov 2005
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Location: Illinois
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Lefty--I bet your sherrif has a few 311R's in his inventory |
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Sat Aug 25, 2007 6:31 pm
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Location: Maricopa County, Arizona
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I am sure Sheriff Joe knows how to use them. He sure has the Illegal's stired up around these parts. |
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Mon Aug 27, 2007 7:30 am
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Joined: 06 Aug 2004
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Location: Kansas High Plains
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Hnter,
The letters are production codes; all they really tell you is that the parts with the letters are original to the gun. The circle with the number; is there a letter in the circle also? Savage started using date codes in 1949; usually a circle with a letter and a number. The number is an inspector's number; the letter is a date code, A=1949, B=1950, etc.
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_________________ I feel a warm spot in my heart when I meet a man whiling away an afternoon...and stopping to chat with him, hear the sleek lines of his double gun whisper "Sixteen." - Gene Hill, Shotgunner's Notebook |
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Mon Aug 27, 2007 9:34 am
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Joined: 12 Aug 2005
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Location: San Francisco
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I posted this question on the SSM board but since the subject of 311s came up I'll ask here too. What's the difference, apart from case coloring and checkering, between 311s and 530s? Are the guns the same internally? |
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