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4.5" from the inside of the steel to latch on the fore arm, but... the numbers match the action. how can it be late model if it matches?


there is also some looseness to the barrel fit that i can't see making for accurate shooting, square threads by the way, and a very mangled looking front latch for the forestock. how is this dealt with? shims? or a new latch perhaps? I have seen a blank available online, but what is this part called, and does anyone know a source for this and the stock draw bolt please?

i'll try and add photos once i work out how

They didn't have pressed checking on TD's. A picture would be helpful.

The checkering is not pressed, it's just well worn.

The takedown latch on the barrel is hard to find and expensive. If it functions OK I'd just leave it.

Stock bolt is pretty common. I can send you one. Look for a flashing red envelope at the top of the screen which is a private message.

That's not pressed checkering on the forearm, probably is the original. That is a buggered up latch. Someone here might have one. You might get lucky and find a butt stock. Sometimes they fit, sometimes they need a little hand fitting, Joe.

I have a 99 with serial number 6385xx with (lbc) I think 2c can you guys help? It's a 300 savage

Welcome to the site. They started the LBC dating system in 1949 with A, 1950 with B, etc, so your C is a 1951. The 2 is an inspectors mark. If you can get some pictures up, we can tell you what model, Joe.

Below is a pic of two Savage 99s in 300 Savage. I am thinking of purchasing 1 for deer hunting and want to know what year and model they are. Both just say Savage 99 on the receiver
The top one has no LBC and serial#3842xx, brass mag and made in Utica NY
The bottom one has LBC but no numbers, just looks like a backwards C and serial # 6935xx, steel mag, checkered stock and made in Chicopee Falls Mass.
Any help would be appreciated.

The Utica rifle should be 1939.

The Chicopee Falls rifle is 1952 +/- a year. Lever boss code for 1952 is D, so what you are seeing on your rifle could be a poorly stamped D.

The Utica rifle has been after market drilled and tapped. Hurts the collector value a great deal. But would be a great hunting rifle if the price is right.

Thanks for the info!
Both rifles are drilled and tapped but I plan on putting a scope on the one I choose.
So, which one do I choose? Again, this will strictly be a deer rifle and will be used! The scoped rifle (1939) is $100 less than the other. Maybe I'll just have the gunsmith check both bores and then pick the one with the best barrel.

The pre war gun with the Weaver V7 is a good buy at $100 under the post war gun.

You are dead on to pick the best bore though.

Both are model 99EG's, the top one is at the very end of the uncheckered EG's. They are equivalent for hunting without knowing how the bore is or how they shoot.

Make sure that the D&T was done correctly. Check for cracks behind the top tang.

Let's try this one...

Roll stamped

SAVAGE
MODEL 99F

on the side of the front ring.

Hand stamped with a "D" under the "M" in MODEL.

Serial number 11172XX.

Cal. .358.

Factory D&T, pressed checkering, steel rotor, gold grooved trigger, plastic buttplate, sling swivels, tang safety.

LBC is 29T.

I see that "T" LBC is 1966, is this a 1966 99F?

No collector worth but I'm taking it to Maine in Oct. for moose hunting.

Wondering how to scope it, I have quite a few period scopes, 2.75x Kollmorgans, Weaver K4, Lyman All American 4X, etc.

Put a Leupold on it. Don't screw up the hunt of a lifetime with an old scope. There's a reason they build new ones.

Fireball nailed it. A Maine non-resident moose permit very well may be a once in a lifetime opportunity. I was fortunate to draw a resident bull permit in 2008. I wound up shooting my bull ten minutes after legal shooting time opened in a driving rain storm. It was almost too dark to see the moose.

I wouldn't screw around with a vintage scope. The cost of a good modern scope will be minimal compared to what you are going to spend for this hunt if you do it right.

OK, point taken, I have plenty of new ones to choose from.

I'm also bringing a stainless MRC 1999 in .308 for the bad weather.


thanks,

Rob

Hello Savage-Collectors!

A friend of mine bought a Savage 99 in .308 stamped as "Savage Modell 99M" with an "X" under the first line.
The Serial Number is 10794XX.

Unfortunately the hammer cock indicator pin doesn't come out with cocked hammer. I took it apart and found the indicator pin is broken. You don't get a spare part here in Germany. The stock is not made of fine wood and someone painted with clear paint. Not realy good, but a good base to make something fine of it. :-) Anyhow, he ist thinking about selling the 99 again, because he found out that he is no lever-action man, he preferes modern guns and is looking for a Blaser R8 now.

So I am thinking about buying the 99.

Can anybody tell me, what was the manufacturing year of this rifle?

Many thanks in advance and best regards from Germany

Pasche

The serial puts production in 1964 and would have one of the first style press checkered stocks (double diamond).

The "X" stamp was the assemblers stamp.

It was probably produced in 1964. There's an oval stamped on the lever boss (The thing the lever is attached to in front of the trigger). It has one or two numbers plus a letter. The letter for 1964 is R. Savage started stamping these codes in 1949 with the letter A. They skipped O and Q.
The M stands for Monte Carlo. Your rifle would be a 99DL.
If the cocking indicator spring is broken they are hard to find here also. The rifle will function without it.
David