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Do we know these numbers? thanks, Mark

no we don't. thet're gettin bought up, dive right in

I'll give you some numbers. I did this once before on G&K but like all the other info, it's gone. These numbers are based on surveys that were done on the G&K Forum with data provided by all you fellow Savage 99 nuts. You need to remember that this data will be a little skewed because of what people buy or don't buy and because I will round thing off to keep it simple. My database has about 100 pre-1960 Model F's in it.
<br>1) F's started around 759,000
<br>2) Pre-1960 F's ended around 969,000
<br>3) Short action F's about 41,000 of which about 25% are 250's with the balance being 300's. It appears that the short and long action production over lapped till all the short actions were used/sold.
<br>4) I will exclude the 8xx,xxx serial numbers leaving about 69,000 long action rifles. Of these I'll guess that about 85% were F's with 12% EG's and 3% R's
<br>5) Here is my guess on the total production (around 94,000) F calibers...
<br>250 10%
<br>300 25%
<br>308 30%
<br>243 15%
<br>358 20%
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<br>You will find that there were big runs in calibers. Heavy production then on to what ever was hot. I think there might have been a lot of warehousing of rifles so that production and ship dates may be different by as much as a year or two.
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<br>Just my numbers but they should be close enough to give you a feel for what was produced.
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<br>Rick....
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By short action, do you mean the action length is shorter on the earlier F's? If so, what are the lengths of the short and long actions? Thanks in advance.

The diff. in the length of actions is for the overall length of the calibers. The longer ones are the .308 class(.308,243.284.358,7mm08) The OAL is 2.80". The shorter class of .300, .250..... The OAL is 2.60" Not much of a diff.! Mark

The difference in length that Birddog referenced is internal only, otherwise the actions are identical and the model makes no difference. On the so-called long actions, the integral carrier (rotor) spindle support was machined out to make room for the longer cartridge. A replaceable carrier spindle support part was added. The automatic cut-off (ejector) style was also changed to accommodate the new spindle support along with the sear screw (the large slotted screw that passes through the action).

Thanks again for your responses. I thought the receiver length might have been shorter.