Just found an old email thread with Mad Dog from '07 about a takedown 22HP with serial number 215,xxx with a 24" barrel and side stamped "Savage Model 99".
That one had been sent back to Chicopee Falls and gotten a new barrel, and they'd stamped it at the same time.
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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