First Post, Some Basic Advice Needed...

[Roger Payne]

I think the grind marks are almost certainly post war & probably from the time of the FTR. It was not unknown for the charger guide inserts to come loose & so at times of refurbishment or as necessary they were given a gob of weld each side of the receiver (I'll bet there are marks on the other side of the charger bridge if you look closely). The grinding off of the excess weld is quite typically very crude. Yours is not unusual, & it is all part of its service history. I wouldn't worry about it.

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[Entropy]

I think the grind marks are almost certainly post war & probably from the time of the FTR. It was not unknown for the charger guide inserts to come loose & so at times of refurbishment or as necessary they were given a gob of weld each side of the receiver (I'll bet there are marks on the other side of the charger bridge if you look closely). The grinding off of the excess weld is quite typically very crude. Yours is not unusual, & it is all part of its service history. I wouldn't worry about it.

Yup. Opposite side is the same. I need to research a bit on the charger bridge and how it’s constructed. I was figuring the receiver was one piece milled, but obviously not the case.

Hopefully some shooting with it this afternoon.

[Surpmil]

I think the grind marks are almost certainly post war & probably from the time of the FTR. It was not unknown for the charger guide inserts to come loose & so at times of refurbishment or as necessary they were given a gob of weld each side of the receiver (I'll bet there are marks on the other side of the charger bridge if you look closely). The grinding off of the excess weld is quite typically very crude. Yours is not unusual, & it is all part of its service history. I wouldn't worry about it.

I would hope that is not post-war workmanship, but you may be right. Yes, the gobs of weld & grinder gouges etc. for the charger-bridge are not that uncommon, but I was really thinking of the upper left side of the body (the surface where "U.S. Property" was applied on Savage rifles)