Hello all this is my first post and it's related to a savage enfield. I purchased this rifle yesterday and from all the research I have done I'm a little stumped as a few things just don't add up.
First off it's marked us property and on the side of the receiver it's marked with the s and no 4 mkI (no asterisk) and it's dated 1942. Also there is no flaming bomb acceptance mark. The barrel has 6 grooves, not 2. What really stumps me is the band right above the trigger which is marked like this,
1323
AL
19903
I had read that savage serial numbers have a c in them but since this one starts with a 1, it would be British? Also I'm wondering if the bolt is mismatched. On the back of the handle it's stamped,
BL (interlocked) 62L 7323 or 1323, the first digit is hard to tell.
Sorry this is so long I'm just trying to figure out a little history behind it and whether or not the $175 I paid for it was a steal or a ripoff. Thanks for any input.
First off it's marked us property and on the side of the receiver it's marked with the s and no 4 mkI (no asterisk) and it's dated 1942. Also there is no flaming bomb acceptance mark. The barrel has 6 grooves, not 2. What really stumps me is the band right above the trigger which is marked like this,
1323
AL
19903
I had read that savage serial numbers have a c in them but since this one starts with a 1, it would be British? Also I'm wondering if the bolt is mismatched. On the back of the handle it's stamped,
BL (interlocked) 62L 7323 or 1323, the first digit is hard to tell.
Sorry this is so long I'm just trying to figure out a little history behind it and whether or not the $175 I paid for it was a steal or a ripoff. Thanks for any input.