I've made up my mind for my purposes. The early 1920's guns could be 1899's or 99's. It doesn't matter. I returned a lot of the literature I used to write the book but it seems to me as though some Savage literature called them 1899's in later literature after calling them 99's in earlier lit. The rifles are what they are. Let's call the transition rifles 1899/99 A, B, C, etc transition models. The designations at this point don't affect value or anything else I can think of. This only applies to the transition rifles. A 1903 vintage octagon barrel rifle is definitely an 1899 and a 1928 vintage 24" medium weight round barrel rifle with a crescent buttplate is definitely a 99 (99A). Just my view of the situation. This is fun. Let's keep it going. David
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