Originally Posted by Calhoun
Jaack's right on when the 1950's 99R's started. Does the forearm look like the one I posted a picture of?

You have a tang sight rather than a receiver sight. Could be a Lyman 29 1/2, Lyman 30 1/2, Lyman 1A. Not as common in the late 40's and 50's as the receiver sights like the Redfield 70LH on mine (or the Lyman 56S and Lyman 57S which were similar), but they still show up.

There are a number of tang sights to compare to yours at: http://www.savage99.com/tang_sights.htm



Ummm... yes, tang sight, sorry, that's what I meant. Lyman 1A seems plausible. It does have the locking lever. Haven't found info and pics on the 29½ or 30½ to compare. Yes, the forestock is like in your picture.



Originally Posted by Jaaack
The two leaf folding rear sight sounds like a Lyman No. 6.


Thanks; if this is a pic of the taller leaf on a #6, then that sounds right.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=nSJ8355t&id=F7567302ECC5C0A6E9DC1EA80FF692A7673B7E29&thid=OIP.nSJ8355tLKyxl4KA9fugZQAAAA&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.soldusa.com%2fContent%2flistingImages%2f20180303%2fca7d113d-004e-4f2a-9ba3-fa0b01becddd_fullsize.jpg&exph=416&expw=460&q=lyman+6a+sight&simid=608052878009893367&ck=E7CD47CC6C61AA78EF92AAF42CACED35&selectedIndex=13


Haven't found a decent #6 pic of the white triangle on the shorter leaf, but it looks like this:

https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=swDXW%2bUX&id=8E088267D6F0C79696E6864D2DD47478AD78CA61&thid=OIP.swDXW-UXtXrR4tg--cs3PQAAAA&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2fi.ebayimg.com%2fimages%2fg%2fwvAAAOSw56Jek2T7%2fs-l400.jpg&exph=279&expw=400&q=lyman+6a+folding+sight&simid=607993646165132954&ck=F96FD4843E7CEBC576859CD6504C1B4D&selectedIndex=17&qpvt=lyman+6a+folding+sight&ajaxhist=0


Would these have been after-market (i.e., non-factory) installs?

-Chris



Last edited by Ranger4444; 07/11/20.