OC - FINE- all original parts; over 30% original finish, sharp lettering, numerals and design on metal and wood; minor marks in wood.

WW - WOOD IS WORSE FOR THE PERCENT FINISH RATING GIVEN

The included factory letter lists this rifle in .303 Savage caliber, with a half octagon barrel when received at Savage's Utica, New York offices on 25 July 1896 and shipped on 20 October 1896 to Henry C. Squires & Sons. Marlin proofed barrel.

OB - EXCELLENT- all original parts; over 80% original finish; sharp lettering, numerals and design on metal; unmarred wood.

WW - WOOD IS WORSE FOR THE PERCENT FINISH RATING GIVEN

Manufactured 1920. The included Roe Clark letter lists the rifle as .30-30, featherweight, and takedown when accepted from the factory on 25 May 1920 and shipped on 26 July 1920 to Tritch Hardware Co. of Denver, Colorado. This rifle was once the property of the Union Pacific Railroad and Union Pacific Coal Co. in Wyoming. A set of copied correspondence from UP's Security & Special Service Department confirms the rifle by serial number as a company owned weapon.