PS: Let's face it. The LOGICAL thing to do with a few old Chicopee Falls barrels would have been to put them in the service shop and use them to rebarrel old 99's sent in for refurbishing. Now if they had 5000 of them? Well then...
Years ago Gun Parts had a small pile of Savage 99 barrels, including the elusive 7mm-08. So I'm sure old parts hung around the factory until somebody one day said to clean the place up and maybe get some "beer money" for all those old barrels we won't be using anymore.
