Hello

So I've had my Savage Model #4 for over 20years before I figured out what I had. I inherited the gun from my grandfather when I was 15 and hunted small game with it for a number of years. The last 10years or so it was in my parents closet and I just got it back as I've gotten back into shooting. It's a Savage Model #4 with the diamond markings on the stock which I believe gives it a made date of somewhere between 1933-1945 (please correct if I'm wrong). It has a 5 shell clip with the following markings: MOD 23AA and MOD 1933 NRA. I'm not sure what that means so if you know please post up.

I'm looking to put a scope on it to work with my target shooting and I've read that a Weaver mount is the way to go? Since my rifle doesn't already have mounting points is this something that is safe to do yourself if you are pretty handy or is it better to take to a gun smith?

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