Savage No4 (T) Register

[Bindi2]

Minimum of 6, Maximum of 8.

So a survivor would be a little on the rare side then.

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[Roy W]

So a survivor would be a little on the rare side then.

What's the serial number?

[Bindi2]

What's the serial number?

0C109

[Micheal Doyne]

I would be a happy man to own one of those!!!

[Lance]

From a PM, in case anyone is confused.

Picture, as promised. Looks like a "1"

[Micheal Doyne]

From a PM, in case anyone is confused.

Picture, as promised. Looks like a "1"

That is very interesting, has any one seen this mark on a non T savage?

[Roger Payne]

During the '90's belonged to Rob Hallam & was part of the Charnwood collection.

[Bindi2]

During the '90's belonged to Rob Hallam & was part of the Charnwood collection.

Now in Aussie and I didn't import it.

[Roger Payne]

I'd noticed it was now yours Bindi. I used to see it often, twenty five years ago. It was one of the batch that Charnwood got & Rob kept it for their collection (after exporting it to Canada & then reimporting it to keep the government happy) because of it being rarer than your average L42. I've no idea who bought it in the auction at Bonhams, but it obviously made its way to Oz somehow! You have a nice rifle....

[Surpmil]

We were discussing in another thread whether the Savage and perhaps Maltby rifles were converted as they had Mk.I backsights already fitted and other No4s did not at that time.

Could it also be the case that the incomplete "Less Telescope" Savage rifles we see were put aside unfinished when either a supply of Mk.I sights was secured from Savage or UK production caught up, allowing BSA rifles to be used exclusively?

The fact that a quantity of them could possibly have built up at H&H does suggest that the conversion process was in two parts: the fitting of the pads, and the later fitting of the brackets. Perhaps the latter process was slower as otherwise it's hard to see how a quantity of any rifles could accumulate without brackets being fitted. Fitting the brackets did involve range zeroing, transportation etc. so wouldn't be so surprising if a backlog developed?

Michael Doyne, are you compiling an Excel spreadsheet with all these details?