Quote Originally Posted by Woodsy View Post
The mount may well be an original but has recently been fitted to the that rifle, as is evident from the recent file/sanding marks... I would say it is assembled from an original No4 T rifle (without the original mount) and has recently been set up with another mount and renumbered.
The markings on the mount, although rough, look more like rough finishing rather than trying to removed a stamped serial number. There are rough finish marks all along the surface and around the rear screw hole, etc. It does not appear that a previous serial number has been filed down as I would expect the profile to be altered quite a but to remove a stamped serial number.

I would be more dubious of filing down etc if the rifles 15C serial number was applied to the bracket, but it is in fact a 14C prefix serial number so no attempt to match the bracket to the rifle has been made. Perhaps the previous owner located a 'close enough' Savage serial numbered bracket and left it at that?