I have a gun like this one, meaning a head scratcher, and it letters out as having been redone at the factory, twice, with the final customer being a named Savage employee. It started out as a 22 hp 1899h and ended up being a 99g in 30-30. The rifle is gorgeous.

"...aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may walk properly before outsiders and be dependent on no one." - Paul to the church in Thessalonica.