Unfamiliar Savage markings

[JMR]

Here is a run o' the mill Savage I picked up a few years ago....one of the returns from Turkey. I'm not terribly familiar with Enfields and was hoping someone here might know about a couple of markings, one just behind the safety and another on the left side of the receiver ring.











A partial "5" or a crescent for Turkey????


Looks like maybe a partial "W" behind the safety ????

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[jmoore]

The "5" looks like a "5", but that's not much help, sorry! I'll take a SWAG and say the marking behind the safety is an inspector's mark, but perhaps a Savage specialist can confirm.

Otherwise, I'm just glad you retained the stacking rod that the Turks added. It belongs there as part of it's miltary history.

[lngstrt]

No input on the markings but ...

Nice clean looking Savage JMR. Did you clean her up. Certainly the Turks didn't leave it that way

[JMR]

Thanks! Yes, Any milsurp I get I detail strip, clean and lube. I had just given her a periodic cleaning and a fresh coat of tung oil before taking these pics. On this one I recall that I replaced the sling swivels and front band 'cause they had more rust than I wanted to deal with and the magazine body and spring were damaged so I replaced those as well. FWIW, apparently a Turkish field repair involved wrapping a bend of the magazine spring with electrical tape.