a few enfield questions

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ok i recently fell into a savage, no 4 mk 2, all the parts are savage marked, bolt matches the reciever, and its a 77c, only thing is the wood has no savage marks, seems it might be british wood, some f markings on most of it other then that its all matching, now my questions are, how rare are matching savages? and if i would get more bang for my buck getting savage wood or keep it with the wood thats on it?, and how much would this go for if i turned it around on the ee?
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Savage didn't make a No.4 Mk.2. They started making the No.4 Mk.1 and soon switched to the modified design No.4 Mk.1* for the rest of the war. The No.4 Mk.2 design is postwar, after Savage production ceased, but many rifles went through FTR, a factory rebuild, after the war, and if they went through after the Mk.2 design came in, they were modified to the Mk.2 trigger mount and redesignated: No.4 Mk1s became No.4 Mk.1/2s and No.4 Mk.1*s became No.4 Mk.1/3s.

Sounds like you have a No.4 Mk.1 that became a No.4 Mk. 1/2, and FTR would also explain the different wood as worn or broken parts would be replaced without regard to original manufacturers.
 
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Savage wood may cost you $200 or more and wouldn't add that much to the price if the gun. I believe the above post is correct, the reciever should have FTR on it. It's a nice gun and I hope you keep it and not put it up on the EE.
 
nope no ftr, it is marked no 4 mk 1* just wanted too more simplify my typing, what can i say on a computer im kinda lazy, i can get a few more detailed pics in a few minutes
 
Don't worry about the mismatched wood. On a service rifle, especially wartime service, replacement parts are as authentic as original. Yours could have got those in a field workshop.
 
im not worried about it, would just like too say that its "all matching" lol damn even the mag has a savage mark on her, everything i look is marked savage, kinda warms my heart too know rifles are still in this good of condition after 70 years, the bore is also near mint, if it was shot it was barely shot
 
If it is a 77C series it would be a No 4 Mk 1* and would have been FTR'd to a Mk 1/3 not 1/2 . Wood is post war as Savage ended production mid 1944, and always had a cross-strap at the rear end of the forestock, not a cross screw. Judging by the fact the front band is on backwards ( the screw heads would have always been assembled from the LEFT side) it has been apart and reassembled outside of official workshops, as I'm sure it would have never left a military workshop like that. Nor would the front band usually have a sling swivel. Is the trigger mounted to the receiver body or hung from the trigger guard?
 
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