Wow, a little Antiques Roadshow, right here on Huntingnet.com!

It is RARE only in the fact that there were only 20,000 of these guns made in total and coming directly from Savage, this IS the #10 of that gun's "0 series" hence the stamp No 10, they saw the same pictures you guys did.

They were made for 2 years in a total production of 20,000.

So I guess that is KIND of rare to have the #10 shotgun out of 20,000


Not bad for a $100 deal payoff.

I wouldn't exactly call it "rare". Even so, it is still only worth $50-$75. Their simply is no collector interest in them. Not to mention if their was interest, the condition of the gun would make it undesireable.

I wasn't trying to burst anybody's bubble...just trying to give decent info about worth.
The gun's value may well be best figured out by taking it out for a shoot. Try it out on sme bunnies and birds...who knows, it may come to your shoulder and nestle in real nice. A quick to the shoulder .410 can be a lot of fun. Try it out, it could be worth way more to you to keep it and use it than anything elese.

i think gunquestion needs to look at this post of mine from a few weeks ago, I had a similar situation but was trying to identify my gun and did. heres the link to my post

http://forum.hunting.net/asppg/tm.asp?m=972215

If its value you are looking for, these old single shots arent worth much, at the most 100 bucks, they dont get much collectors attention because 1: its a single shot 2: they arent all that rare 3: they were originally an economically priced camp or utility gun. The only true value of the gun is what it is worth to you, and apparently it wasnt worth much to your buddy or he didnt care much about his grandfather.

My old single shot which i found out is a sears and roebuck "ranger" shotgun, is priceless to me because it belonged to my grandfather his father my great grandfather bought it for him when he was 15 or so to ward off any predators that were trying to get their chickens and rabbits. The old shotgun has a neat story behind it, the firing pin went bad and my grandfather being a resourceful farm boy filed a new firing pin out of a ferriers nail.

My grandfather has been deceased for 17 years now and the only things i have to remember him are my few great memories (i was 7 when he died) this old shotgun and a old timer pocket knife.

I would never sell or trade my shotgun, which would have me to believe your buddy either didnt care for his grandfather or he pulled one on ya, your friend probably bought the gun at garage sale for 50 bucks and then settled his 100 dollar debt with you. either way on your end you got a pretty short stick.

The only possible way the gun would be worth more then 100 dollars and bring collectors attention is if the gun belonged to wyatt earp and you had a certificate of authenticity to back it up. I dont mean to burst your bubble but you got your 100 bucks but nothing more and perhaps alot less. have a good day

Sorry fella....the gun is a $50-$75 gun best!

Being a 410,was just one of the standard gauges they made those in.They dicontinued them probably in the early 50,s. As the way it is now on the market,you would be lucky to get more than $100,or around there for it. Sorry. The reason they didn,t have serial numbers,for when they made certain guns in those days the companies didn,t have to by law. vangunsmtih

I maybe wrong. I think when then Gun Control Act of 68 came into law all guns made after that date were required to have a S/N.I had a old Savage 24 with no S/N. I think handguns always had to have a S/N.The G.C.A of 68 changed allot of things.Allot of great guns couldn't be imported.The Walther PPK,PPKS. to name a couple.That was a bad year for gun enthusiasts

Ruger Redhawk

Before 1968, firearms were not required to be serialed, and most lower end guns were not. That, in itself, gives you some information. As the gun isn't serialed. the number "10" is much more likely to be a construction number, not related to just where in the production the gun falls.
Staring at a duece ain't gonna change it to an ace. Your shotgun isn't rare, and there is almost no collector intrest, as others have stated.

GunQuestion,
In 1978, I got the best Christmas present an 11 year old kid could have gotten. It was a .410 single shot youth model shotgun that looks exactly like your gun except for the stock. Mine is a Springfield model 944 series made by Savage Arms in Westfield Mass. Mine does have a serial # because mine is not as old as the gun you have. The hammer, barrel break lever, and everything look exactly like the gun you have except for the stock. I think my parents bought it at Western Auto.

It's probably not worth $75.00, but I will never part with it. It is still used every year as my answer for the cottonmouths I encounter in my off season whitetail scouting.

C. Davis