Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Can somebody help me with my 99?

Probably most likely a 99D in that serial range, rather than a SR with t/d option. Nice rifle, and for $125 you're stealing it. Congrats.

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congratulations on a great buy!!! You're going to have alot of fun after you get it adjusted. the two screws behind the cocking indicator, or pin are were you can mount a tang peep sight. what part of Quebec are you from?

Thank you,

I'm close to Montreal. Do you know the region?

Petergun

Nice grab there!

At $125. ? great price!

Still one of my favorite cities in the world, Montreal is!

And they still take Canadian money at par...

Beautiful country up your way!

Yep,

You know what it is like in this country... but a bit warmer where you are isn't it?

I vote for 99D.. very nice rifle!

GREEN (very) with ENVY here!

I think it would be found in the log book as a Short Rifle. This is a 1920 rifle and from what data I've collected the 99-D name didn't start till sometime in the 23xxxx range. I don't think there would have been any difference in the two rifle.

Nice rifle! Take good care of it. The Short Rifle/99-D is one of my favorits.

This rifle is in an interesting serial number range. According to Murray, the 1899-A Short Rifle stopped at approximately serial number 220,000 and this is about 5,000 numbers after that. On the other hand, the M99-D didn't start until about 238,xxx. So, what models were the rifles made in between these numbers, considered by Savage to be? Supposedly, if it is a M99-D it would have the SAVAGE MODEL 99 on the frame ring top. Does this rifle have that marking or not???

The 99D i have has a crowned muzzle ,the 1899A short rifle i have has a flat muzzle, just one of the differances. Don

The "SAVAGE MODEL 99" wasn't added till the ramp sight period...1926-1927. The only "for sure" is what it is listed as in the Savage Log Book.

The 99-B, C & D all seem to start around the same serial range. One of your members lettered #232xxx. It came back as a 99-D with a note from JC that it was one of the earliest D's he had found in the books. But, I would not be surprized to find that there is a period where both Short Rifles and D's over lap in the book since production didn't run in true serial order.

There were a lot of changes made after WWI as Savage geared back up with commercial production. The year 1920 was a high production year. Lots of small design changes were coming into the system. The 99-F was the first to change early that year with the B, C, D, E & G a little later (into 1921).

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Petergun

Hi again,

I forgot, Boltman, there is no inscription on the frame rim top. I checked

Don, you might look down your rifle row. You should find that the crowning started earlier than 225xxx on the heaver barrels. I have two 1899-F in the 190000 range that are crowned and a Short Rifle in the 200000 range. I think the featherweight barrels were alway crowned. I wonder what generated the change?

Rick, al the featherweight,and original250-3000 rifles are crowned. The earliest heavy barrel rifle crowned is a 1899A in 30-30 S/N 214542, just another savage quirk. Don