A Couple of Interesting Savage Rifles

[tlvaughn]

The first three pictures are of a recently acquired 1942 Savage No4 MkI*.

As you can see, it is clearly marked "No4 MkI*"
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The first Savage No4 MkI* I have recorded is in the 12C block. As you can see, this is a 19C block and falls in line with MkI* production.
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However, as you can see from this picture, it has the push button bolt head release found on MkI rifles, not the slot you would expect to see on a MkI* rifle.
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Like many of you I have seen the Maltby No4 MkI rifles stamped No4 MkI*, but this is the first Savage No4 MkI I have seen stamped No4 MkI*.




The next one I purchased in July 2011.

This is a 1942 Savage No4 MkI.
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In the 54C Block.
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As stated above, Savage converted over to the MkI* in the 12C block. I have seen MkI's in the 13C, 15C, 17C, and 22C blocks, but this is the first one I have seen in the 54C block.

I found both of these rifles interesting and thought I would share a few pictures.

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