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Dear fellow Savage Fanatics...

I have been looking at a Savage for the last couple of days. The serial number says it was manufactured by "Savage REPEATING Arms Company", but the stamp simply says "Savage Arms Co." which would be more in line with the time frame of the 99's rather than the 1895's.




I have seen two other examples of this model and they both say "Savage REPEATING Arms Co.". As shown in the example below:




So I am confused by the difference in the stamping and wonder if this is a gun built from parts and not an original.

The bluing also seems to be in better condition than the general condition shown by the receiver. Making me wonder if it is a replacement barrel.

Admittedly I am new to collecting 99's. There are also features about the breach such as the load indicator that are missing in this one that do appear on other 1895s.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.