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Picked up a left hand 30-06 Model 110L this past weekend that was described as a factory engraved with the designation 110PEL.

It is engraved with some 'gold' wash on the action and 'gold' plating on the trigger and bolt release.

Fancy Monte Carlo stock with a Savage buttplate.

Google has not turned up much information. So any help would be appreciated.

Will get some pics up later tonight, or tomorrow.

Thanks!

Google for "savage 110PE", the PEL is just the left handed version.

Nice grab.

Thanks for the help! That search turns up more information. Oddly, many of the links mention the PEL, but with 'PEL' in the search, they didn't turn up.

With 'PE' as the search, I found a number for sale at rather high prices. In what price range do they SELL?

A great looking rifle!

Really cool!!!

Awesome fer shur!! Have often wondered why Savage seemed to be more lefty friendly than the big volume guys?

Don't know for sure. Maybe they wanted to appeal to a wider audience. If they had come out sooner, I may not have gotten into 99's. I got my first 99 in 1958, I think that the left-handed 110 came out in '59, not that I could have afforded a new rifle then.
I have a 110MCL in 308, serial #19,xxx with a Chicopee barrel address that I got a few years ago. I'm wondering if it's first year production. Does JTC letter 110's? Maybe I should get it lettered.

The 110 bolt seems to have been designed with ease of left and right handed interchangeability in mind. I don't know about the Remington 700, but the Model 70 looks to be a bit of an engineering problem to reconfigure into a lefty. Nice rifle.

David, I think the 19xxx serial makes it second year production. They are date coded like the 99's. 1959 would be "K".

Got the 110MCL out and photographed it while I was photographing the EG 308 for the mater stake thread.

This thing is weird, the LBC is on the barrel, it's 11K,

and the barrel address is on the receiver.

Rick, the 1958 catalog shows the 110 being introduced and the 1959 catalog is the first to show the 110L. That's why I think my rifle is first year production left hand.
David

One thing for sure I've noticed with the two different models. The fancy PE has larger dimensions and feels much bulkier in the grip. To me it changes the dynamic feel of the rifle to take it out of the lightweight class. Still nice if you prefer that.

The following is 'Worth what you paid for it....!'

I sold this PEL on Gunbroker last week. In conversation with the buyer, he mentioned that he owned three other 'PE' 110's, and that this was his first PEL.

The detail that he mentioned I found interesting is that he said one of his PE's is accompanied with a 'factory letter'.
The letter explains that Savage produced 418 PE's and 109 PEL's. That information is different than I had seen previously when researching this rifle.

I thought I would add it to this thread for someone else in the future who is surfing the internet for information.

Thanks again for your help!