Did you read the paragraphs below the letter-date codes? It is a stamping for those years, not the serial number.
My Savage 24 in 22/410 was made in 1960 but has no serial number, has the case hardened receiver, so that change came later. Serial numbers were not a requirement till the GGA of 1968.
If it has a letter-code, it should be stamped into the bottom of the shotgun barrel, near the forend latch stud, and sometimes inside the frame rails, where the barrel normally sits when closed.
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