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If it's factory engraved it's a 110P as those were the only 110's ever factory engraved prior to the anniversary models. The 110P I owned (s/n 52262) was stamped 110L indicating left-hand, so I can only assume Savage just didn't want to spend the money on an additional roll stamp die for the "110P" for such a small run of guns. According to Bob Greenleaf who worked as an engineer at Savage at the time, they only made 458 of the 110P's in the 5 years they were offered in the catalog (1966-70).
The 6V makes it a 1968 production assembly, and the serial number puts it in the 1967/68 window as well. The first batch or two were engraved in Germany, but due to long turn around times the later batches were engraved in Japan and the difference in the depth and detail between the two is noticeably different with the Japanese engraved ones being a little less detailed and not as deeply engraved. The serial numbers on the few German engraved 110P's that I have seen date to 1962-63. Typically Savage doesn't assign a S/N until after final assembly right before it's boxed up. However, since the 110P's had to be shipped overseas to be engraved, they were built and serialized prior to assembly to allow them to be shipped. The one I used to own had a serial number that corresponded to 1962, but the date stamp (6V in your case) corresponded to 1966.
Hope that helps. Definitely a very rare Savage. Part of me still wants to kick myself for selling mine, but when a guy comes along and offers you almost 4x what you paid for it....
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