Greg, that's a darned pretty gun.. it almost surely started out life as a 99EG, but the stock got a heck of an aftermarket upgrade somewhere along the line.

If the front of the receiver has SAVAGE MODEL 99 stamped to the side so that you can see it beside the scope bases, it started life as a model 99R. The 99R's were drilled for scope bases at that time, the 99EG's weren't (well... 99.9% of them weren't, we see an occasional early oddball EG that is drilled, but very uncommon).

Welcome to the campfire!

Last edited by Calhoun; 10/28/20.

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