Seven years ago, I swapped a 1917 Lithgow heavy-barrelled target rifle for a cut-down No 4 Savage sporter conversion by Roly Muscat. It had an 18-inch barrel with an SLR flash eliminator on the muzzle (for balance, I think) and a nasty, hard synthetic stock. A nice Hillver bridge mount was firmly locked on. It shot beautifully with a wide range of bullets and took goats, rusa and foxes on several hunts.
I mounted a 40-year old Kahles 4x scope,
