Savage No4 Mk1* manufactured pre DDay

[Brian Dick]

Savage No.4s were finished at the factory with Dulite blue. The body can be deceiving since they were sandblasted giving the finish on the body a Parkerized look. You can tell PDQ by looking at the barrel finish under the handguards. If it's got a very slight polish to it, the finish is original. If the barrel is Parkerized, then it's an obvious refinish. It's hard to tell in the pictures. The metal appears to be Parkerized but I could be wrong.