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Thanks. My Dad gave that one to me as my 'first' rifle in 1970 AFTER I had hunted with it all year. He'd borrowed it from a friend for me to use.

Thanks again for the info!

Would that make this an EG? Thanks for the help.

Nothing there to say whether it's an EG or an R. Thin, schnabel tip on the forearm makes it an EG, fat and wide forearm with rounded end would be an R. Only two models made at that time.

Sorry I forgot to put that in the original request. It does have the schnable tip forearm. Thanks Rory for providing the information.

Would like to know the year of manufacture of a 99 C .243 Win
22 inch barrel, impressed checkering, Serial Number A2892xx. No LBC
Thanks for the information.

Fall of 1969.

Thanks Rory

I was talking w/ a friend regarding my 99 and he had one passed to him from his Dad. 30/30 w/ a 410 barrel. Somewhere along the line, the rifle was nickel plated.
He was wondering the production date and if Savage ever offered nickel plated rifles. Serial # is: 1357xx

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I believe they did offer plating and it dates to 1913.

Only on the receivers and buttplates, never on the barrels.

Yeah.. they offered nickel/silver/gold, but that's definitely not factory. Somebody liked shiny things.

Looks like a model 1899H, except that barrel with a front sight ramp doesn't date to 1913 unless it's an aftermarket ramp.

I've bought a couple 99s in the past two weeks. Both are 99E models and one is .308 and the other is .243. The .308 has a LBC of 23T in the oval and the serial is 11248XX. I believe the LBC denotes a 1966 manufacture. But, the LBC on the .243 is very worn and very hard to read. It appears to be a "1" in front of well, that's the rub. I just can't positively make it out.

At first look through my jeweler's loupe, it looked like a N(1962), but the serial is higher than the '66, 11371XX. It also could be a "U" if you squint just right, lol. That would indicate 1967, right? I was told by the previous owner that he thought his father-in-law had bought it in the mid to late 60s. This .243 wears a Lyman All-American 4X Perma Center scope. It also looks like the oval is oriented differently, with the '66 oval laid out vertical up the lever boss while the other seems to go horizontally across the lever boss. Is that possible? Thanks for your help with this.
Gary

Yep, should be 1966 and 1967 rifles by the serial numbers. The date stamps were done by hand, so not unusual to see lightly struck or off center types of strikes.

It would be darned nice if it warmed up a bit so I can get out to the range and shoot my 99s

Thanks for the confirmation! You guys are good.
Gary

Those are my exact thoughts. Rain yesterday on top of 18-20" of snow. Now all we have is ice. Snow should be melted by June hopefully.

A friend inherited a 99R from his uncle. He wanted some help figuring out the date of manufacture.
The LBC is very faint and neither of us are able to make out what it reads.
The SN is 7003xx. Could someone give approximate date of manufacture?
Thanks for help.

That serial number range spans the end of 1953 and the beginning of 1954. Personally I'd say 1953.

Thanks Rory. I'll let him know.

Just purchased a Savage 99F in .308 caliber with serial number 10474XX - cannot read the embossed stamp on the front of the lever tang. Mfg'd by Savage Arms Corporation, Westfield Mass. Cut checkering in an "M" pattern on the forestock and in a kind of Nike "swoosh" above the lever. Gold trigger, safety on top behind chamber. Would like to know date of manufacture. Thanks for any help.