99C or 1920's style 99E would fit, I believe. The 99E would have a thinner barrel than the 99C. Agree that it should be a 1925 rifle.
The Model 1899 stamp was present on a lot of the 1920's rifles. We still call them by their model 99 names they were catalogued by, tho.
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