I'd guess 1 or 3. We've seen too many uncheckered EG's from 379,xxx to 387,xxx to think they started generally checkering them at 379,xxx. In fact the only checkered ones we have in that range are 22HP EG's and Spiegel EG's.
Calhoun,
Your comment on the Spiegel EGs made me think of a another way the 30-30 EG I just picked up could have ended up with checkering. The serial range is right about the time Savage made the Spiegels ... since some of the Spiegels wore checkered stocks/forends, perhaps there were some checkered stocks/forends (before drilled for studs) from the Spiegel run that were used.
like you said, never say never.
