Are there enough examples out there to rule out it being done by Gough or Rentschke?
Gough came to Savage from Fox ~1930. Gough was kind of high brow and generally selected the most ornate jobs that challenged him.
Well this rifle seems to certainly qualify in regards to being an ornate job. And we know the rifle went back to the factory in 36
So....
Why not?
Excellent point Randy, a shoemaker certainly didn’t carve and checker the stock and engrave Joe’s gun.
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