I have an H model 99 for sale. Ser# 224240 Made in 1920. Caliber 30-30. All serial numbers match, and no cracks in stock.Slightly curved metal butt plate. Bore is VG. Bluing on barrel is about 75 to 80percent. Blue on action is about 40 persent. I have the factory letter to go with it. 550 dollars.Picture is coming.

Chip's 1899

Thanks Digger

Come with the tang sight to????

Chip,
You got a PM.
Jim

I gota possible sold on it.

Mad Dog, yes it comes with the tang sight. It's a Marbles S2 sight.

Very early 99H, nice.

I'll take it, if your first offer doesn't work out.

Hey Jeff,
I have a funny feeling it will work out.....
Jim

The 99 H is sold. Thank you, Chip

One of you guys that's all over this would have been happy with the $400 99H 30/30 a local dealer...had.

What makes gun collecting so intriguing is that sometimes you find a bargain, sometimes you pay a fair price and everynow and then you knowingly pay too much for a rifle....just so you can own it.
BillR

Nope. S1.....S2's fit the Savage rimfires.

Well mad dog you maybe right, but I looked at it under a magnafing glass and it S2.

After I posted the above, I went out to shop and checked the sight. I was wrong, Mad dog was right, it's an S1. I should not have questioned Mad Dog's knowledge of tang sights.I hang my head in shame.

Now, that's funny!

That is a very early 99-H...long forearm and standard weight rifle barrel. Late 1922 production.

Rick the letter states 1920.

Chip, It was a pleasure working with you. Many thanks.
Here is the letter on this 1899H.

Well, this certainly doesn't make sense to me. The picture of the rifle clearly shows a M99 with the characteristics unique to the 99H (e.g. no pads on the buttstock). Yet Callahan says it is a M1899H - in my book a very different gun.

If you look at the very early pricelists and catalogs for the 99's you'll see that they are still listed as 1899's.

Which means the 1920/1921 1899H according to the pricelist or catalog is actually what we call a 99H and NOT the original 1899H.

To prevent massive confusion everybody has always called the new models 99's.

Was there not a weight difference between the 1899H and the 99H? This one weighs a shade over 7 lbs, which should be a 99H weight, not the 1899H weight...is that about right?

Not sure about weight, though I have that info at home.

Some pics from Rick's display at the fest. Interesting that the front sight isn't a Rocky Mountain blade.

Murray's has the 1899H featherweight at 6 lbs.

Nice! and a gun that was shiped to Hudson bay Co. kinda neat!

Hmmmm.... but the 1899H didn't transition into the 99H.....

Yer right on that. According to Murray the 1899 F SRC preceeded the 99 H. Unless Murray's wrong of course

Speaking of H's... I guess there are more variation than I thought

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=314764480

If anyone is looking, I have a 99 H in .303 that I am going to part with soon. It is not a museum piece nor a BB. Decent original shape with no modifications, cracks, holes, nada... All numero's match. I believe it is about a 1927 model. I am selling it as a package with a good amount of ammo. Just need to get pix and an idea of what I want for it. In the mean time, keep an eye out here as I usually post a heads up to my buds on this thread first before I do something stupid....

JC