So I recently told my dad about my new Savage affliction and he mentioned he still had a LH 30-06 110 that he had gotten in an estate buy about 20 years ago. He asked if I wanted it. I thought he had sold it 10 years ago.
When I went to look at it, I noticed that the S/N was 21XXX with no letters. Then I spun it around and the model (110L) was on the back of the receiver instead of the barrel.
So from what I see this is maybe a 1958 or 1959 model. Is there any particular reason to shy away from doing a build on this rifle? The stock has been refinished and the barrel has sights with the ring at the rear sight location and corresponding inletting in the stock. The stock seems to have a slimmer cut to it than my newer 110.
I don't want to "ruin" and original nor do I want to run up against a first year type problem if such a thing exists.