I was looking at a very nice Savage No 4 Mk I* recently. The receiver was dated 1942, and the metal was parkerized. I haven't rooted through my junk collection lately, but I seem to recall having one of these with the metal blued. Would it be safe to assume this '42 was refinished/refurbed at some point, or did Savage change the metal finish process around this time?
Savage No 4 Metal Finish?
- Thread starter myenfield
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What colour was the parkerizing? After Savage stopped making them, Long Branch had their fingers on a lot of Savage rifles. It's not uncommon to see them with LB wood and bands on them.
If the parking is green, it might be a 50's LB FTR.
I've seen Savages that kind of looked like grey park...maybe it was what they used new?
The parkerizing was dark grey/black. All the wood was like new, all with Savage markings. I saw no signs of refurb markings, although I realize Long Branch usually didn't mark their FTR rifles. I was wondering if someone "restored" a cut down rifle with some NOS wood and parkerized the metal to look new. I really need to book an appointment with myself to go to my gunroom and look at the Savages I have now, but I'm sure they are all blued.
