That checkering in the OP's pics is no more factory than my Aunt Fannie. Look how crude it is, and the diamonds are square instead of lengthened. Definitely aftermarket. The work of Bubba who maybe knew how to wield a checkering tool but was clueless how to lay out a pattern. (And if a factory checkerer caused an over-run at the end of every line like what you see here, he/she would have been out of a job. Those folks weren't the most accomplished checkerers in the business but even this is worse than any I ever saw.)
Also, the full length pic shows the checkering pattern on the fore end to be asymmetrical, unlike every pattern Savage ever used. The pic is too poor to clearly show the checkering on the wrist, but I get the impression it's dodgy too from the little I see.
Last edited by gnoahhh; 08/23/16.
