MAKE THAT +1 AS 503 RIFLES OF 800,000! - 03/29/24
My Thread of yesterday, questioning the 800,000 Savage serial range, competently answered as only 502 rifles "documented" as produced within that huge rifles. Now... Make that 503 rifles as adding mine! Notably outside the established serial parameters! Here below, the narrative of my last Post in that Thread. Only the couple of pix there not copyable here as to add later. The main update message is that I have a 'pretty durn good; specimen!
That last Post from below sans pix:
I have one of those elusive 800K serial rifles! An error of old in recording the first digit of the Sn.
With resulting notation of "no such Sn". Recheck today with correct SN achieved first digit "8" instead of "6" and leading to the limited production 800K serial range with its Sn of 829002. Go figure!
*****
The rifle, in 300 Savage, appears original & nice shape. The only other notation I had about the gun, a plus of nifty forged-integral front sight ramp. Otherwise, a quite decent 24" barrel, Schnabel forend & steel butt plat. As gun appearing 100% factory original! Believe it "sells itself" without reference to unusual SN fact! No Savage expert here!
Thanks for the information!
*****
Later!
John
That last Post from below sans pix:
I have one of those elusive 800K serial rifles! An error of old in recording the first digit of the Sn.
With resulting notation of "no such Sn". Recheck today with correct SN achieved first digit "8" instead of "6" and leading to the limited production 800K serial range with its Sn of 829002. Go figure!
*****
The rifle, in 300 Savage, appears original & nice shape. The only other notation I had about the gun, a plus of nifty forged-integral front sight ramp. Otherwise, a quite decent 24" barrel, Schnabel forend & steel butt plat. As gun appearing 100% factory original! Believe it "sells itself" without reference to unusual SN fact! No Savage expert here!
Thanks for the information!
*****
Later!
John