I have recently acquired my 3rd No4 and hoped to get some advice - its Savage made, and I have only ever had exposure to English made units, and generally only ex 1960's OZ Fullbore target rifles at that. If my following questions have been covered before can some kind contributor please direct me to where. Anyway its a 1942 Mk 1* serial 29CXXXX, that externally is in very used/abused condition, although the barrel seems very good condition and I suspect was re-barrelled at some stage, before going into storage before I got hold of it (I hope to clean it up a bit and use for service rifle comp) Were Savage No4's ever issued in India? as my rifle seems to bear some work that make me think so. Firstly, It has a "ishy" screw - although there is absolutely no indication of any cracking in the fore wood to warrant it, it appears to have been fitted by bubba's retarded cousin - very rough to say least. Secondly the bedding consists of a roughly fitted sheet metal plate between the 2 rearmost lightning cuts. It has also had the draws replaced, but poorly as one is cracked.
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