Even on his.. very few checkerers have factory Savage 1899 checkering patterns on hand. And given that the ledgers didn't list the pistol grip either, which can't be added later, I think it's extremely likely it's factory. I've just seen too many ledger entries missing features to think something not being recorded means it wasn't factory.
Hi Lightfoot, I have a Ruger No.1 and a Ruger 77 international. I definitely would consider a Savage 1920 if a good one becomes available.
Hi Calhoun, Thanks, yes I’ve read the 87 grainers work best with the 1-14” twist. Fortunately, I’ve a good supply of components, as well as, several boxes of very clean vintage and more modern ammunition, 87 and 100grn. When I bought my first.250, I bought ammunition wherever I could find it. My international shoots both well, while the No.1 prefers the 100 grainers.
I’m very happy with my Whitworth and J. C. Higgins Model 50 Mauser actions. But there’s an extra dimension to those G33/40 actions. Sometimes I think about where and how they were built, the workers who built them, and where those actions have been and what they’ve seen before ending up as the basis for my customs. I’m kind of silly that way.
No telling the unspeakable things those rifles have seen.
What they sometimes do today is bury the woman up to the shoulders. After the husband or her significant male throws the first stone, they back up a dump truck and empty a bed full of concrete chunks on her head.
The boring old .270 Win is nobodies favorite anything...but I personally witnessed some 5 groups shot with two Tikkas, at Sportsmen's Park range in Grants Pass a few years ago, that absolutely astounded me. Full on lightweight hunting rifles, with 'normal' hunter optics, shot by two accomplished riflemen and master handloaders. My point is not to ballyhoo the .270, but to illustrate that a well made, well fed, well shot rifle can be amazing in YOUR favorite cartridge, which need not be the latest fad of the month cartridge.
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