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So, should I get this one lettered? This is the one I put the big Leupold on to make my pig gun. I've got a couple pictures of it on photobucket, but I don't think you can see the studs. I'll see if I can link into the computer and get the pics that way, Joe.
I'm not greedy, I just want one of each.
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My premil 300 R bought here. Now wears a Kollmorgen 4X post and CH scope. Deadly with 130 TSXs @2800 fps.
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Terrible pics, you can almost see the studs. Trying to upload better pics through the computer. Have to wait till my son isn't busy, Joe.
I'm not greedy, I just want one of each.
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Ya, I'm wondering if I'm actually seeing my first post war 99RS. The postwar RS was advertised with sling eyes, not studs.
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My premil 300 R bought here. Now wears a Kollmorgen 4X post and CH scope. Deadly with 130 TSXs @2800 fps. Larry Root. Again.
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Love/d my 99s. Do YOU have any or just here to pirate the thread ?
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Larry, this is an informational thread. Please keep off of it.
“ The Savage 99 Pocket Reference”. All models and variations of 1895’s, 1899’s and 99’s covered. Also dates, checkering, engraving.. Find at www.savagelevers.com
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Could a pr-war 367xxx with flat bottom studs, 2-point, fluted comb, lyman flipdown .... BUT with a Lyman 29 1/2 be an RS? ... could a 30 1/2 had a part changed to make it a 29 1/2? sling is missing.
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Never say never.. but I would want a letter if it could show RS vs R.
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Ya, I'm wondering if I'm actually seeing my first post war 99RS. The postwar RS was advertised with sling eyes, not studs. Yep, posted about that in the other thread, just had to go through my catalogs.
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The tang sight is two screws off/on. Having the correct tang sight makes it complete. Having/not having doesn't the correct sight doesn't tell you much. It is too easy to change.
That serial will letter which is the best evidence of originality.
There are variations in the Lyman 30 1/2. I wish we had collected some data on that when the R/RS survey was done.
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Safe to say this is a Version 3, Type 2? Serial umber is 407xxx (1941) 2pt, checkering, Redfield Peep with slot filled dovetail and flat bottomed sling studs? Were the factory slings all 7/8"? Somewhere along the way it was sent to G&H for the scope mount and has a 2-3/4" Bear Cub.
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That should be fun in the woods! The checkering on the cheeks looks to have been there most of it's life.
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I like it. Looks very business like. The way the screws for the G&H mount are flush is a bonus. As they say "that dog will hunt". Nice rifle.
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If you like it you can buy it.
It on GB
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Wow, $105 seems like quite a deal!.... but lets wait 9 days and see if it's still that price. At $105, I don't like , I love it.
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Yeah, I got a .358 that I like...
I did some research when I first got it 15 years ago, it seems that G&H was set up to do the flush grinding of the mounting screws. There are G&H mounts out there installed aftermarket with the screw heads visible.
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The screw heads (3) and tapered pins (2) were left long so that after installation was complete they could be ground flush before bluing. Screws supplied to the trade along with the mounts were not so- or at least that's what I'm led to believe.
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I seriously doubt either Savage or G&H checkered those wrist panels. Wavy borders and an uncommon amount of runovers. Mullered border doesn't match the factory border. Number of lines per inch don't match the factory checkering either, and the diamonds are too square- the 3 to 1 rule was disobeyed. Kind of amateurish, IMO.
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An FYI, I just found a letter from JT Callahan about this gun I forgot I ordered 15 years ago, it confirms it's an RS and that it shipped on Nov. 4, 1942. Nothing more specific to the gun. Safe to say this is a Version 3, Type 2? Serial umber is 407xxx (1941) 2pt, checkering, Redfield Peep with slot filled dovetail and flat bottomed sling studs? Were the factory slings all 7/8"? Somewhere along the way it was sent to G&H for the scope mount and has a 2-3/4" Bear Cub.
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