Interesting. During that time Winchester certainly took a plunge but Remington stepped up their game with the 700. And as far as I know there is no such thing as a pre-64 Marlin. I don't know that much about Savage's production history during that time but they do seem to have been spotty. I see the 99C less as a reaction to "hard times" and more as an attempt to keep the rifle topical with other popular clip fed guns of the time. The rest of the country's manufacturing seemed to be be going "great guns" during the late 50s to mid 60s.
