Two questions for this learned company.

[MJ1]

These were asked of me on another board and as we know I'm not detail orientated and just a trigger puller at heart.

1. He has a Savage that is well marked and would like to know what history it is showing?







2. He also has a painted rifle and would like to know what theater it would have served in to this treatment?





Thanks in advance and Happy Holiday.

..MJ..

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[Brit plumber]

The painted one could be Ex Rhodesian, but they painted the whole lot so perhaps some one just painted albeit roughly the barrel to protect it.

[Thunderbox]

Pea green paint is normally related to Indian service - as is the wood screw through the forend.

[MJ1]

It didn't look like a P. Laidler's style Malaysian paint job from his shop back in those days but a lathering like we did to the M14's butt stock area wood during the rain in the RVN with linseed oil. Get it all over the front half and the beast might burst into flame in the wet or dry. We had a young fellow light one up at night on the 3rd magazine, next morning the M-14 didn't look much better than the large dog outside the wire and smelled worse because you know how they put it out. LOL! First they dumped a canteen on it, bad news. Then they peed on it making it the big bad news. This would have beeen comic watching them slash open a sandbag to put out the fire on TV but not in September 1967 12 miles East of Kontum City to three very young men. It would be dark humor but that they dropped the said M-14 off on my door step a few days later. Proof nothing is soilder proof. I drift, sorry the paint was a well thought out move.

Happy Holidays.
...MJ...

[RJW NZ]

The olive drab looks right for pacific colors in ww2, and reminds me of how some pacific theater rifles that were painted just like this. I'd look for NZ service marks, we had savages and we painted some. just a thought

[Peter Laidler]

Ex Indian without doubt