Three pump 22's from RIA regional auction - 02/24/17
I seldom buy much from RIA anymore because any Savage 22 is usually grouped with several of other makes, like this very late 1905 that I woulds have liked to have, it's a very late production with the No 25-B windage adjustable rear sight instead of the No 21 micrometer. It was actually nicer than the description suggests - .rockislandauction/detail/4475
Also they usually have very poor & limited descriptions and pictures for the regional auctions, with many guns looking worse when viewed in person.
They did lot three Savage slide actions together that I thought were very nice compared to much of the auction and what you normally will find in a regional. A Model 29, a 29-B & a 1914. I was really only interested in the first one, the Model 29 with the early three point checkering, with their description of the finish being "OC - FINE: all original parts; over 30% original finish. WW - wood is worse for the percentage finish rating given". The lot went much higher than I expected, but so had everything else that sold earlier that I had interest in... so... - rockislandauction/detail/4480
I am not good at estimating finish percentages but I think it does actually have over 30% original finish as they described... and maybe the wood is a little worse...
The Model 29 has the the early changes for Hi-Speed ammunition with the early lifter design - (added - I still would only shoot standard velocity in any Model 29, later 29-A's & B's are different.)
I think the 29-B is from 1961, the date code is hard to read but appears to be a 16 followed by an 'M' with one leg broken off the stamp, barrel address is still Chicopee Falls but I don't know if any ever had a Westfield address -
The 1914 has had the stock completely refinish - these stocks almost always crack so I assumed I would find a repaired crack, not the case, so I do not know why someone refinished it. Even if they are cracked I would just do a little as possible to stabilize it and leave as much of the original finish on it as possible - they usually crack on the bottom of the wrist where any repairs will not be a major eye sore... like a complete refinish often ends up being. (This stock does have some tight cracks starting.) The numbers on the stock & buttplate do not match the receiver, they are 47765 and the receiver is 46765 - with only one digit different I think it's possibly just a stamping error. The buttplate is quite rusted so the gun may have been standing up and got water damage, another possible reason for the refinished stock.
Also they usually have very poor & limited descriptions and pictures for the regional auctions, with many guns looking worse when viewed in person.
They did lot three Savage slide actions together that I thought were very nice compared to much of the auction and what you normally will find in a regional. A Model 29, a 29-B & a 1914. I was really only interested in the first one, the Model 29 with the early three point checkering, with their description of the finish being "OC - FINE: all original parts; over 30% original finish. WW - wood is worse for the percentage finish rating given". The lot went much higher than I expected, but so had everything else that sold earlier that I had interest in... so... - rockislandauction/detail/4480
I am not good at estimating finish percentages but I think it does actually have over 30% original finish as they described... and maybe the wood is a little worse...
The Model 29 has the the early changes for Hi-Speed ammunition with the early lifter design - (added - I still would only shoot standard velocity in any Model 29, later 29-A's & B's are different.)
I think the 29-B is from 1961, the date code is hard to read but appears to be a 16 followed by an 'M' with one leg broken off the stamp, barrel address is still Chicopee Falls but I don't know if any ever had a Westfield address -
The 1914 has had the stock completely refinish - these stocks almost always crack so I assumed I would find a repaired crack, not the case, so I do not know why someone refinished it. Even if they are cracked I would just do a little as possible to stabilize it and leave as much of the original finish on it as possible - they usually crack on the bottom of the wrist where any repairs will not be a major eye sore... like a complete refinish often ends up being. (This stock does have some tight cracks starting.) The numbers on the stock & buttplate do not match the receiver, they are 47765 and the receiver is 46765 - with only one digit different I think it's possibly just a stamping error. The buttplate is quite rusted so the gun may have been standing up and got water damage, another possible reason for the refinished stock.