Well after a being a true Savage Fan-boy for the last several years, I finally bought my first Remington. It is chambered in 7-08. And after doing some research on the barrel stamp, I found out was made in 1980 which was the first year that was available. It came with an OLD Leupold M8 10x with 1/2 MOA target turrets. The scope pre-dates 1974, as there is no letter prefix in the serial, but the glass is pretty decent.