I spoke of this before but,I found myself an 1899 in 25 35 a few years ago. It had some funny little screws close together on the receiver,and a 24' barrel. When I got my letter back I found this gun started life as a 1899f in 32 40 made in 1903. The letter states it would have had a barrel band which was omitted after 1905. If I had not waited 95 years to buy this gun I would be braggin' not wonderin'! All numbers match so I assume someone sent it to Savage to be rebarreled, who knows now.
