Savages are easy to work on, tough to figure out/explain their parts variations. :)

once you know their "weirdness" with parts and design changes, it gets pretty easy. Spend a short while looking thru the FAQ's here and you will gain a ton of info, pretty much all anyone will ever need to know about "what fits what", etc. Don't expect them to be rational, either. That will just confound you. I mean, it all makes sense to me now that I "get it", but they made changes over the years that made sense and some that did not. They also had money problems so they would often build guns that used older style parts on newer styled guns. (Used up old parts wherever possible during transition periods) But, the funny thing is, they are STILL doing that.