It may be a Savage plate, but it may be the wrong one. The 1899 H had a Rubber Butt Plate. A steel shotgun butt plate was available on special order. I'd keep that gun just as it is. Once you restore it, it will be just another Savage. Keep that one for the memories and buy a couple more for the cool factor. If it's still a 30-30 that's cool right there. Keep up the work on solving the mystery, that adventure would be enough to keep it the way it is, Joe.
