Quote Originally Posted by Roger Payneicon View Post
This issue of the rifle serial number on the butt tenon on Savage rifles has come up recently in another thread. My rifles have been so marked (last four digits) & another forummer who owns two Savage T's removed the butts on his to check & found the same thing. A few other people who have these rifles have noted the same too. I suspect this practice (at H&H) must have started before the practice of marking the T, S etc. However, early Savage conversions do seem to the sport the S51 on the butt semi pistol grip, which I have taken to indicate that this also appeared earlier than the other 'typical' markings. Obvious exceptions to this (bearing the S51) would be any RSAF Enfield converted Savage rifles. I would agree absolutely with lee enfield that if I saw an early Savage with T, TR, S & so forth, I would be looking at it VERY critically.
2 of my Savage No4Ts appear to retain the original butt stocks - I guess I will have to pull them to see what I find.