c994 = 1979, E489 =1985, I'll bring the book thread back up but I haven't heard anything from the publisher for about a month.
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I just lucked into a nice "shooting" condition 99F in .358 Win caliber. I've been looking for one for a while, but prices are high for .358's! Serial #9182XX, and the lever boss code appears to be 8H ( it might be possibly 8A, but I think it's an H). Year of manufacture...?
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Congrats, Doc! Very hard to find those pre-1960 358's.
“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
For a rifle in the serial range, look on the lever boss, the big hump that the lever pivots on. On the front of the boss there will be an oval with a one or two digit number and a letter. That is called the Lever Boss Code, or LBC. The letter is the date code.They started the date codes in 1949 with "A", 1950 was "B", 1951 was "C", etc, etc. No O or Q, they looked too much alike. You may need to get a magnifying glass out to read it, the stamps are kind of soft sometimes and hard to read. If you can make out the LBC someone here can give you the date, or just figure it out starting with "A" in 49, Joe.
“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
I just learned about LBC here, yesterday. So, I checked my rifles for their LBCs and found that my 99E with 1MM serial number was made in 1964 with LBC 10R. My older 99F with serial number in the 7xxxxxx range has no LBC. What's up with that? Any ideas? My oldest rifle, a 99EG with serial number in the 3xxxxxx range is too old for a LBC.
The 99F should have one, might have been really lightly struck or skippe, or maybe buffed off during a reblue?
“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
I checked for the LBC on my 99E, and it was R, so the rifle was made in 1964. I checked my 99F, serial number in the 7,xx,xxx range (1955) and there is no LBC. Did they just forget to stamp it?
Hi folks, sorry if this is a redundant question, but i can't seem to find my specific model 99. i found the serial number and the maker's mark, but either my savage is mis-marked or it doesn't really exist. my rifle states that it is a 12M model 99. the serial seems to date back to 1961 (1014xxx), but i just cant find the "M" anywhere online. Any ideas?
I can tell the rear sight elevator looks correct for 1961. 12M if read on the lever boss is inspector 12, M designates year. 1949=A 1950=B and so on, minus the O and Q. M is a 1961 rifle.
Barrel length? Raised rear sight boss or not? Stock features front and back? Checkering or not? Buttplate?
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1961 means a 99E if it doesn't have a cartridge window, a 99F if it doesn't have a Monte Carlo stock and does have a rear sight barrel boss, or a 99DL if it has a Monte Carlo stock.
“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
12M if read on the lever boss is inspector 12, M designates year. 1949=A 1950=B and so on, minus the O and Q. M is a 1961 rifle.