#Savage serial number dates movie

More info then: 2-groove bbl, early button cocking piece (using up old parts at end of production?), has US property stamp. That being said, I own an example of a SA property stamped Savage that has had the US property stamp neatly filed off and the area (or reciever)reblued. There is quite a bit of hard evidence to the contrary from surviving examples within that particular S/N block. All of them ar marked with the US Property stamp.I tend to believe the story about the first 1000 rifles to be just that, a story. S occured at Savage? The rest of my Savage rifles fall within the known S/N ranges and are nothing remarkable.

Has anyone ever been able to determine when the changeover to MkI.' Arado,I have a MkI Savage (T) less scope in the 13C S/N range and a MkI. Property' marking and the SA issue marking on the receiver ring:Download Attachment:278.77 KB/quote. Also note the Belgian made grenade launcher and case that are both SA issue marked.Download Attachment:288.8 KBDownload Attachment:285.88 KBYou can faintly due to my newbie photography, can see the 'U.S. Please note in the first pic the SA made sling, 1942 Savage action cover, SA bayonet and SA made frog. Just an idea.EDIT- Okay, because I am really bored tonight, here are three pics of my 1942 South African issued Savage No.4 MK I. Property' marking like their latter made counterparts. Property' while those produced earlier under the direct purchase system were not so marked as they were for a direct British contract.' I wonder if some of these early rejected contract rifles were back at the factory when the agreement switched to lend lease and before they went out the door a second time they were given the 'U.S. Governments.Under the new agreement the British had less control in the initial inspection and refusal of rifles conditions for payment were changed also which further reduced some of the controls Britain previously had. In the initial Savage production, many rifles were rejected by the British inspectors this was not properly resolved until a Lend-Lease agreement was formulated between the British and U.S. (Please read as I actually typed it all in!): of Ian Skennerton's 'The Lee-Enfield Story'British approval was required for such changes and manufacturing concessions to components because a sizeable percentage of the Long branch rifles and virtually all the Stevens-Savage rifles were to fill British orders, and were therefore subject to acceptance by the British Inspectorate. In an effort to start a truly congenial and intellectual discussion on a topic I thought I would submit the following in which I partly based my earlier comments.

#Savage serial number dates movie

Chris Cooper as 'Tom Smith' in the Movie 'Seabiscuit'Edited by - theleftboot on 1:22:59 PM. All accesories are either South African made or issued, or Savage made.Download Attachment:288.8 KBDownload Attachment:285.88 KB'You don't throw away a whole life just cause he's banged up a little.' Now keeping track of that serial number range would be cool as well.Edit- The above paragraph has now been debunked but I have kept it in order for the postings below to make sense.EDIT- Here are two pics. WIll post pics sometime.BTW- The first several thousand were NEVER (Not 'scrubbed') marked 'U.S. My 1942 Savage No.4 MK I (not I.) is 5C80XX. Wonder if Savage was using up some surplus receivers held back as parts? Does anyone else have a MKI with a serial number higher than 13C2752. Be sure that the year is not scrubbed off.One Savage #4 MKI, serial number 17C5233, 1942 date, has turned up. Note: we have an overlap between 1943 dated and no date rifles, need more observations in the 51Cxxxx to 60Cxxxx range. Here is what I have seen so far and picked up from another forum.Īll are marked US PROPERTY unless noted.

I know, as an author, that rifles are not completed in strict numerical order but perhaps we can narrow down the ranges. Keep your eyes open and we can fill in more of the gaps.With the numbers of Savage #4s turning up at shows in the US perhaps it is time to try to refine some of the serial number ranges. Thanks for the responses and as promised here is an updated list.