At a gunshow in the mid-80's looking for left hand stuff. Find an action on a table which turns out to be a factory Savage, short action, solid bottom single shot in "left hand". Guy says they made a handful and he bought this one around 1970. I take it home, turn it into a Palma rifle and shoot it for the next 25 odd years not thinking about it, and never seeing another one. Son was looking up Savage info awhile back and says the action was from the 1969-70 era. The serial number of mine is 135233. No letter pre-fix. Markings on action read "Savage Arms Westfield Mass. U.S.A." I know that Savage made a few left handers for CIL in Canada around 1970, but they were stamped CIL, with no reference to Savage. This summer, I ran into a young guy at a match who had the same set-up, and his serial number is within a handful of of mine, again with no letter pre-fix. Says he got it from his dad, who got it around 1970. I don't remember seeing any left hand single shots back in the day, but that was a long time ago. Anybody remember? Think it is a left over from the CIL contract? Or?
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