Quote Originally Posted by Roger Payneicon View Post
It would be nice to have a couple of views of the bolt guide way to see the ends of the front pad screws, but from what I can see it looks like it's probably a genuine T, although it has been 'enhanced' somewhat, at least IMHO.

Self evidently, the scope is most severely pitted & has been refinished over this.
The scope bracket is a reproduction, though not one of mine.
The butt rifle & scope serial number markings have been applied after the event. I suspect the rifle serial on the forend was done at the same time - note the number stamps used on the woodwork are 'not a full deck' - the 0 is larger than the other stamps. And whilst it is dangerous to say never or always with Enfields, the Savage rifles that I have seen or owned & whose butts I've had a good look at, showed a practice of just marking the final four digits of the serial number on the tenon. In other words 13C2096 would just be marked 2096. (I've just checked my two remaining Savage rifles, a 0C & a 14C & they accord). All the same the wood does appear to be Savage birch.

I'm guessing it doesn't have the S51 on the underside of the butt?

Yes, a few pix of the bolt guide way with pad screw holes, & perhaps another shot of the front pad with the grease wiped away would be nice....
The "pitting" on (only) the left side of the rings bothered me enough to take a close look at the scope rings.

I pulled out several repros and real rings from my accumulation of junque.

I'm pretty sure the rings on this Savage are Chinese/Indian repops that have been manipulated - look at the mold lines.