Maybe it didn't matter to Savage whether the 99's were called 1899's or 99's, for example, the receiver rings stamped 1899 until 1926. It's also interesting and confusing that some of the 1921-22 literature used the 1899A, 1899B, etc designations.
Take it with a grain of salt I guess, for rifles of this time period.
I offered up #221xxx as a newbie, crescent butt, 26" rnd, T/D. Some forum banter occured, 1899 vs. 99, etc.
I got schooled by a member that what mattered is what the ledgers say.
So I requested a factory letter and it came back as 1899B and I reported it here.
Next I am informed by another forum member that the factory letter was wrong.
Pass the salt please,.....
