Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Request info. on Savage 99

I may have the opporunity to purchase a Savage 99 EG that has I believe to be rolled engraving on both sides of the reciever.Ive seen this model gun several times and believe this engraving is factory. I was told in the past this model was sold thru Sears and others told me it was a salemen sample. Any info on this will be appreciated. Also ballpark price.

We used to call them "SALESMAN SAMPLES" because the old savage historian Rowe Clark said they were, since then we found out Spiegals sold them in their catalogs ,possible made special for them. They were made in the late 1930's. Don

A member here found an old Spiegel catalog advertising these for sale, not sure if similar rifles were sold through other distributors or not. We call these salesman samples sometimes, but that's tradition more than accuracy.

Seen from the late 30's into the early 40's, early ones with checkered buttstocks but not forearms, later ones with both checkered. Sling studs and also d&t for some kind of scope bases, though we've never seen one with a scope mounted to it.

Here's the original link where Hemlock_Ranger found the catalog.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/2243582/page/1/fpart/1

Here's the ad:

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