At one time I thought perhaps since the two I had had that filled hole in the pistol grip, Savage may have reshaped leftover EG buttstocks to make the early E stock, eliminating the grip cap and filling the hole in the process.
However when overlaying the EG and E buttstocks the E was shaped in such a way that it would not have been possible to arrive at the E stock beginning with the EG stock. The E stock was unique and I can only speculate why the grip cap had been drilled for a screw then filled. Would have been interesting to hear the conversation leading to that solution.
