The way I see this. And I know it's wrong. Is them rifles came b 4 the book. If Savage arms stamped an 1899 ON THE BARREL B 4 they got sold. Then some book came out 20,30 ,40 ,50 years later calling them mistakenly stamped model 99's. I think they were miss named by the book NOT mistakenly stamped on the barrel.

Last edited by Angus1895; 06/28/16.
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