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    No4 MkI Marking

    The photo is of a marking on a 1942 Savage No4 MkI. I have never seen this before and was hoping one of you knew what it is.
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    No, have not seen that before. Verrrry in-ter-esting......

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    Yes ... interesting marking ...

    I tried to blow up tlvaughn's pic to get a better view. It gets fuzzy with doing that, but I can see the shape it a little better.

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    Not that its much help, but I've seen that mark more than once. Unfortunately, I've no idea why its there.

    ETA just checked the three loose Long Branch actions at hand (two 74L and a 60L) and no similar mark for a pic. (Yah, no Savages handy, sorry.) Anybody else?
    Last edited by jmoore; 01-08-2010 at 07:58 AM.

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    Is that TWO marks...., one stamped over the other?

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    Looks like a little house with a door. I did not see that mark on the 1942 Sav. I restored. ?

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    tlvaughn, I just partially disassembled my '43 Savage, nothing that I can't attribute to machine marks.

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    Mr. Laidlericon - I just looked at it again with a Triplet 10X and it does not appear to be two marks. With the Triplet, I can see the lines on the left which are very faint with the naked eye and not visible in the pic.

    JBS - That is exactly what it looks like, a house with a door.

    I will make an attempt to get a better photo this weekend, until then, the new attachment is as good as it gets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JBS View Post
    Looks like a little house with a door. I did not see that mark on the 1942 Sav. I restored. ?
    I was going to say that too ...

    I wonder if there's a Freudian context to it ...

    It also looks like one of my grandson's drawings of a person ...

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    The "person" was my take on it - weird "Alien" No4s!

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