Savage nutz, opinion of value please

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Hello, I'm interested to know approximate fair, realistic market value in Canada of this rare piece. Note right of tang there is a splinter missing. Thanks for comment

Savage 1899F (SRC) .38-55

dom 1906 #s match on: bbl, receiver, buttstock, buttplate,fore-end, piece joining lever to bolt. Rifling is worn and pitted but present throughout;I rate 3.5 out of 10

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The savage srcs in 38-55 are no doubt a fairly scarce item and quite desirable. The factors you need to look at reflect the condition of the gun itself. The missing saddle ring can be replaced with a modern "antiqued" one and the gun would look better for only a $20 investment. The wood and metal are those of a well used but never abused older 1899. Bubba hasn't been at the gun doing home gunsmithing which is good. Nice to see the orginal rear sight. Tang crack and splinters missing at upper tang are common but do affect value. The carbine is taken out of the highly collectable range because of the poor bore and whether it shoots reasonably well would be a factor as well.
Bore condition greatly affects my appraisal of any firearm.
You asked for an opinion of value..... and so this is simply my opinion as a savage collector .... $700 to $750 depending on how much money one has in their pocket at the time.
Others may value the gun at more or less and that would be their opinion.
BillR
 
Naw, no intentions, I've already got a nice 1899 SRC in 25-35 so I have no intentions of making a run at this piece.

I just like to mainly keep values between an owner and my opinion.

I'll tell you this, Bill went slightly higher than my estimate but he's been in the Savage game longer than I have and I value his opinion on it alot. I didn't take into consideration that it wore the correct sights (uncommon these days usually) and that ups it a might. That little 21B is a hard to find rear sight. I don't agree however that it left the factory with it. Yes it might have came with a 21B originally and that might be it but they've had something else on it before. Notice the steel punch mark in the dovetail where someone drove it off and you can also see where an old elevator sat on the barrel and rubbed the blue off right behind the rear leaf.
 
MadDog said:
I'll tell you this, Bill went slightly higher than my estimate but he's been in the Savage game longer than I have and I value his opinion on it alot. I didn't take into consideration that it wore the correct sights (uncommon these days usually) and that ups it a might. That little 21B is a hard to find rear sight. I don't agree however that it left the factory with it. Yes it might have came with a 21B originally and that might be it but they've had something else on it before. Notice the steel punch mark in the dovetail where someone drove it off and you can also see where an old elevator sat on the barrel and rubbed the blue off right behind the rear leaf.
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This is great info Joe. Missed the center punch mark and didn't know such a rear sight existed. I was curious to know what the long mark was just back from the punch mark. I figured it had been repaired there. Great to learn what to look for
on these old fine jewels.
Thanks.
 
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