dating a old stevens double shotgun????

Hey guys i got a stevens model 311 series H double sxs 12ga for xmas this past year from my grandfather, I was wonderign how to track down its age ive found out that stevens and savage have merged i know the serial number starts with C...... i can give the rest if that will help, ive googled it and found 1951 1953 1955 all mentioned but thats all coming from people i dont know if they know what there talking about,

does anyone know how to find its age, i look at savage but they dont have anythign about there stevens products and stevns dosent have a website since they are part of savage. any helpo would be appercated

im just curious about it i have a few guns and because my grandfather gave me this it makes it extra special. so i would like ot know more about it.

Does this help?

Shotgun Q&A: Stevens ‘Letter Prefix’ Serial Numbers | Gun Digest - The World's Foremost Gun Information Authority

I can't help with the dating but I can tell you that the 311 is one classy SxS shotgun. You got something special there, made even more so by it coming from Grand Dad. Cool!

John

hey thanks joe for the link, that narrowed down the years, adn john i must say just because it came from my gradfather makes it the best gun in my artilery.