Several years ago I ran across a thread with photos of a very strange and unheard of Savage marked rifle some fellow had aquired. It was in .303 British and used a Enfield ten shot magazine but had nothing in common with any military rifle I'd ever seen though its stock was in a military style not unlike that of the model 19 rifles shown here.

Near as I can remember it had front locking lugs and a straight cylinder receiver. The firing pin sleeve was almost entirely enclosed at the rear of the receiver much like the early Savage sporting rifles.

The gun was missing its trigger guard, but was otherwise complete. Not sure if it had no serial numer or a very low one, if placed like the number of my 23B the serial number would be nearly or completely covered by the stock.

Possibly a one off experimental rifle or more likely a custom built gun using a action I'm unfamilar with modified to take the Enfield mag and perhaps a stock from a model 19.

I not seen any further news on that rifle and its origin.

There were a number of attempts to design a super light .303 rifle for the British, I've seen photos of several of the known prototypes. The rifle that finally entered production for a short while was a No.5 action fitted with a very slim 23 inch barrel and with action strap removed and modified to fit a one piece stock. The engineered wood of the stocks apparently didn't hold up to moisture and those rifles were withdrawn and issued to Canadian animal control and constables.

I remember a local store had one in unissued condition for sale for $35 back in the late 50's or early 60's, I think Sears imported them.

One entry in the light rifle design competition used a highly modified P14 action and resembled the Savage marked rifle I mentioned.

With the long standing connection between Savage and the British its not unlikely that they worked up a rifle design or two for them.
The mystery rifle looked as if it would have been relatively cheap to manufacture and perhaps stronger than the Enfield.

Anyway thats a lot of speculation based on very little in the way of evidence.