I'm pretty sure Savage stopped offering the high polish bluing on the 14/114's a year or two ago. The problem wasn't the quality of the finish, but rather it just didn't work with how Savage likes to build rifles.
Savage assembles and finishes their barreled actions prior to ever knowing what model they will be made into. Any blued short-action assembly going through the plant at any given time could end up being a Model 10, 11, or 14. In fact, it isn't until the very last assembly station that it's final model designation is determined when the stock and magazine hardware are added.
This is where the problem comes in - when Savage was offering the high-polished bluing it was showing up randomly on everything from Stevens 200's to Model 11 package rifles, while conversely there were some Model 14/114's leaving the factory with the matte blued finish. So to simplify things and eliminate the randomness of the finishes they decided to drop the high gloss finish.
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