Originally Posted by Calhoun
Here's a couple sets of pictures to browse through, you'll see a huge variety of stock types.

http://www.savagefest.net/SavageFest_2010/
http://www.savagefest.net/SavageFest_2012/

Here is an example of the stock type that Fireball mentioned. Early Marlin stocks with pistol grips have the same S shape to the end of the pistol grip.

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There were also changes to the length of the tang from the earliest years to later. And changes in stock bolt length later on.

So.. different stock shapes for:
1) 1895A/1895B/1895C - same style for all.
2) 1895 SRC - carbine.
3) 1899A/1899B/1899C/99A/99B - identical with 1907'ish to 1917 having a perchbelly rather than flat bottom to the buttstock. Changes to tang length between early and late ones tho.
4) 1899A Short Rifle/99C/99D - same as 1899A, but with shotgun buttplate rather than crescent. Same perchbelly as above. 99D is takedown. Changes to tang length between early and late ones tho.
5) 1899F - SRC stock. Same perchbelly as above. Changes to tang length between early and late ones tho.
6) 1899H/99E/99F (1920's/1930's 99F) - Featherweight stock similar to 1899A/B/C, but with holes drilled in the end to lighten it. Same perchbelly as above. 99F is always takedown, many 1899H's were takedowns. Changes to tang length between early and late ones tho.
7) 1899 250-3000/99G/99K/99EG - early 250-3000's had perchbelly, 250-3000 and 99G were takedowns.
8) 99H - later carbine style with several variations.
9) 99R - 2 styles, 1930's and 1950's. Some 1930's had fluted comb, others didn't.
10) 99T - one style, also almost identical to uncatalogued model we call the RT.
11) 99F (1950's) - one style, some had fluted combs others didn't.

That list should be fairly close start.. I won't go into the post-1960 models or the military muskets.

There were also special order alterations available to the early ones. Pistol grip being one. A cheek piece was available, though is almost never seen. Shotgun style buttplates rather than crescent style. That's most of it..


Nice post Rory. Thank you!


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