Nuthin' wrong with ugly with me. As a matter of fact I find the schanable tipped stocks not to bad looking at all. Sometimes being interested in a not too popular firearm has its advantages. That is, you can pick one up with out having to sell the proverbial "south 40."
There are two different styles of Model 40/45 stocks, one with and one without the schabled forearm tip. The earlier 40/45s had rounded "English style" forearm tips and the magazine release was a metal tab on the bottom of the stock. The later 40/45s had the schnabled forearm tip and the magazine release was a button on the right side of the stock. I don't know what the serial number range was when those changes were made and my Savage catalogs are out at the storage unit, so I can't look for the year, or catalog number, when the changes were made.
