With the owners permission Ill share a couple of pics of a special 1899B in 303 savage from 1903.

Varnish was the regular finish on savage stocks at this time and higher grades of rifles had stocks that had a "high grade finish" per the 1905 catalog. "Extra finish" could be added to standard stocks for a price.

How do you make a stock look like this? Varnish or was this high grade of finish done another way, like oil.







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