No.4 T copy question.

[Rumpelhardt]

I have a 1943 No.4 Savage that is non matching. 1943 Savages seam to be some of the more common ones. I was thinking about making a T copy out of it but I had not considered the possibility of some one trying to pass it off as areal one some time in the future. Would it be acceptable to stamp the knox form in a way as to identify it as a copy? Though it is very unlikely that I will ever sell it as I don't normally part with firearms after I get them It could possibly end up being sold after my death in the dark very very distant future.

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[Longshaor]

If I may offer a counter-suggestion, why not get a No 4 Mk I(T) less-scope model? I just saw one a couple of months ago for $375. Much cheaper than a real-deal T rifle and they were already partially converted to T status, so if you toss a bracket & scope on you're not actually changing it into something it wasn't (unlike having your gunsmith mount a new set of pads on a stock No 4). Just my 2 cents...

[Badger]

What Longshaor is referring to ...

1942 No.4 Mk1*(T) Savage Sniper Rifle (less scope) (click here)

Regards,
Doug

[OxfordAndy]

When I had my No4T copy made up my gunsmith stamped his own identifying mark in the wood just in front of the trigger plate so it may dtere people from passing it off as original in future.

Doesn't mean someone couldn't swap it out later but the stock is original to the donor rifle with the serial number stamped in the foreend. So I'd think they'd be losing more than they'd gain by having an unmatched, non-T stamped action in a repro or non-matched stock?