I have a Savage 99 in .30-30 caliber but cannot find a serial # on the receiver but there is a number under both the butt plate and the forend. They match: 225XXX (supposedly 1920). The barrel is marked Utica, NY so it is a pre-1946 rifle.
Did Savage make rifles without serial #s back then? I saw a reference to a Savage 99 rifle w/o any numbers on the receiver.
Is it legal to own or sell a pre-1946 rifle w/o a serial # or does it fall under the Curios & Relics classification?
Do I have to have it renumbered to sell it? I had the police check the # and it was clean.
I don't know if I have an asset or a liability.
