I have not missed your point at all. If a rifle was shipped to England, via Ireland, as in WWI, it is still a shipment England. If it was sent to England, and then to South Africa or Rhodesia ( as about 50,000 Savage No.4 MkIs were), it is still a shipment to England.
Many rifles came back to Canada after 1945. About 50,000 went to stores in Ireland. In the 1950s and 1960s, Interarms imported about 40,000 from South Africa and many from England, many of them Savage made and stamped, U.S. Property". In the early 1990s, those rifles were imported to the US from Ireland, including unissued, still-in-the-wrap No.4 MkIIs.
I did not mean to hijack this thread when I replied to your curiosity about the life of Arthur Savage.
A friend just called to rave about how well his Savage Edge shoots, to get back on topic. He killed a boar with it ( 7mm-08 ).
Many rifles came back to Canada after 1945. About 50,000 went to stores in Ireland. In the 1950s and 1960s, Interarms imported about 40,000 from South Africa and many from England, many of them Savage made and stamped, U.S. Property". In the early 1990s, those rifles were imported to the US from Ireland, including unissued, still-in-the-wrap No.4 MkIIs.
I did not mean to hijack this thread when I replied to your curiosity about the life of Arthur Savage.
A friend just called to rave about how well his Savage Edge shoots, to get back on topic. He killed a boar with it ( 7mm-08 ).
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