Quote Originally Posted by Longbranch303 View Post
That would be extremely interesting if you could look that up. It might confirm the story behind this rifle. Im in the process of restoring it, and so far it's 100% all Savage '42, except the lower forestock, which is marked "L" and "40", which I take to be Longbranch 1940, so somewhere along the way, it got that that replaced, but all else matches.
It cant be dated 1940 as (Unless I'm wrong) Longbranch didnt make No.4s in 1940, in fact I dont think anyone was producing them. Wasn't 1941 the first year of production (Excluding trials No.4s)