S1087 FANTASTIC EXHIBITION QUALITY FACTORY ENGRAVED SAVAGE RIVAL GRADE 1899 IN CALIBER 303 [M]

Description

S1087 FANTASTIC EXHIBITION QUALITY FACTORY ENGRAVED SAVAGE RIVAL GRADE 1899 IN CALIBER 303; 22 inch barrel with a Sheard beaded blade front sight, a rear sight dovetail with filler block and Lyman folding tang sight. Bright shiny bore. This Savage Model 1899 rifle shows wonderful factory engraving by noted engraver Enoch Tue, Savage’s master engraver in the early 20th century. The receiver features full coverage floral scrollwork and a crouching tiger in a mountain scene on the right side, two deer in similar scene on the left and large moose head on the underside. The lever has sweeping leaf and scroll engraving. Scrollwork extends to the rear section of the barrel and surrounds the caliber marking. The buttplate has the Savage Indian head logo in the center and engraved with light scrolls to match. Even the Lyman tang sight is engraved. Gun retains about 90% slightly thinning blue. An area of loss on the underside of the barrel where a sling swivel has been removed and the hole filled. A good amount of case colors remain on the lever. All engraving is crisp. The Fancy American stock is highly figured and features finely checkered panels at the receiver and fancy checkering on the forearm and wrist. Shotgun butt. There is a filled and finished hole on the underside of the stock where a sling swivel once lived. The Rival Grade represented one of the finest Model 1899 configurations Savage offered and a must have for any Savage collection.

MODERN   $ 39,750.