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I would like to talk to someone that is pretty nifty on the 99 my number is 281-806-9441. I have a 250-3000 and it has a low number serial and it also has a q or it might be a. On the front of the lever

Great tread. I have only one Savage 99C in .243 s/n B567xxx. Like to know the year it was made. I can not believe how accurate this rifle is . Blue box Federal ammo shot a little less than a inch at 100 yards. I think it shoots as well as my Remington heavy barrel varmint rifle. Thank you

Uh oh, he's discovered our secret! Now the whole world will know!!!!!
Savages can be wonderfully accurate can't they?

First half of 1974 I believe.

I don't think you got an answer... mid-1969.

Thank you for the information Rick99

Have another 99 I would like to know date of manufacture.
22 inch barrel
tang safety
99M
cut checkering
Factory D&T
gold trigger
Aluminum butt plate
SN 10538xx
Thanks for help

Choppy, it's a late 1962 or early 1963. Check the date code to see if it's a N or a P. Also, it's a 99DL.

Thanks
LBC is an N.

thom

Thanks for the letter, helps narrow down the end of year.

seeing as we're working numbers
B118936
B270122
C141509
C291272

thanks fills some holes

norm

B118936 - mid `72
B270122 - mid `73
C141509 - 1st half `76
C291272 - late `76

thanks Rick

norm

I am looking for some info about my Dad�s model 99 in 300 Savage ser# 5795xx He said it was a model 99E. It has a brass counter and brass magazine rooter. In the circle on the lever boss is 15B or I5B. Thank you for your help

"B" is 1950, 99EG. You're going to need some more scope on that to wring out the accuracy that Savage is capable of.

Thanks for the info.
Would it be correct to call it a 99E? Dad bought it new in 1950 in Tucumcari New Mexico and he called it an E. He has taken many a Prong Horn (Antelope) and Coyotes with it.

No, it's not an E. The earlier E was a sweet rifle, very desirable, and the later E was an economy model with cost cutting measures enacted in it's production. Yours was Savage's bread and butter gun in 300.
BUT, that scope is outrageous I gotta say!! Most guys opt for a little Leupold 2-7 or 1.75-6, with many going the route of classic setups using Stith mounts and vintage glass. That rifle NEEDS a properly scaled optic, or none at all to be fully appreciated.
Enjoy your weapon and please feel welcome.

Wolfgang, the 99EG was introduced in 1935 as an uncheckered model. Around 1938 they started checkering the stock and the model continued to be produced in high numbers until 1959. The sling studs on your rifle were added after it left the factory, and it was drilled and tapped for the scope after it left the factory.

Definitely an interesting setup! What's that scope?

Welcome to the campfire!

Thanks for the welcome.
The scope is a cheapie, a Barska 6-24x60ir. It�s what he put on it sometime early 2010 just before he passed away in Jan. 2011. We had planned on making a Deer hunt that year.

Wouldn't look so mental if you took the sun shade off it.