I have a few questions about the gun in the photos. The checkering diamonds in the panel on the side of the grip appear to have a much wider angle than the lines in the panel at the top of the wrist. The diamonds on the side panels look nearly square, where the diamonds in the top panel are nearer to a diamond shape. Is that true, or is it optical illusion of the photos? Also, what does the checkering on the forend look like? If the checkering in the two panels on the grip are different angles, is that common on other Savages? I have never seen any high grade or special order Savage guns in person, so am curious.
I'm not a Savage collector, have more Winchesters than anything else, but have been an amateur stock maker and checkerer for a long time and the apparent difference in the grip panels stood out when I saw the photos.
