help me I.D.

[jlevi1339]

hey guys i could really use a hand identifying a rifle just given to me. i have a serial number if anyone has a way to look it up.

[foxx]

how 'bout some pics? I am sure someone here will know what you have.

[short round]

If it is a savage & not to old, you can go to Savage Arms web site & look it up. Simply go to parts finder & enter serial number.

[jlevi1339]

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sorry the pics are so huge im learning. serial # is f3656xx.

[foxx]

I don't believe Savage never produced a model similar to what you have there. It is a savage flat back long action with what appears to be a factory lug nut and trigger and trigger guard. I don't know about the stock. The barrel is the strangest looking thing I have ever seen! LOL. No idea what that is all about, but I am sure it is not a Savage factory part. Frankly, I would be afraid to fire it. :) If it were mine, I'd replace the barrel and stock.

[bootsmcguire]

Looks kind of like a pre-'66 Savage 110. They had the swell in the barrel as in your pic where they mounted the rear sights. What does the face of the bolt look like?

[jonbearman]

I would at very least have someone drop in a go gage and no go to make sure the headspace is correct. It may be an hs precision stock or bell and Carlson unless someone painted the factory stock but I doubt that as it looks like fiberglass at the swell area in the barrel. It has been restocked for sure.

[jlevi1339]

stock is bell and carlson. weird thing is. whats the chance that someone put a winchester barrel on this thing?? looks like the sights have been pulled and grooves filled with epoxy

[jlevi1339]

wow i didnt realize the older savage barrels had the swell. here's the bolt face and swell again[IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG][IMG][/IMG]

[BillPa]

whats the chance that someone put a winchester barrel on this thing??

Probably something less the zero. The dovetailed boss on the barrel for the rear sight was also used on Remington 721s-722s and pre-64 Mod 70 Winchesters. When removing the rear sight the dovetail was filled with a blank and usually flat across the top, not shaped to match the contoured of the barrel so they could be installed using a sight pusher.

Bill

[bootsmcguire]

By all your pics, my guess is you have a latter production flat rear action that someone rebarreled with a pre-'66 Savage barrel, and had the rear of the barrel faced and rechambered to work with the post-'65 style (current style) bolt face.

I would at least check the headspace before firing.