Well, its your rifle, so if you want to believe that the wood was something special that the factory did, good for you. Without a letter from Clark or Callahan, I wouldn't believe it. There are lots of made up guns out there and lots of people who advertise special features that aren't special or original.
I can't see that there is much more "depth" of research that anyone could do on the 99Cs and come up with pearls of wisdom that aren't obvious. 1 thing is for sure, the only 99s that were cataloged without checkering in the post-1960 era were the 99E, sometimes, and the 99A/99A Brushgun, always.
If you want to feel insulted by anything that I have posted, go ahead and feel insulted. I won't lose any sleep over you or your rifle with the non-cataloged wood.
Jeff
