Sounds like the shipper aged it based on the numeric part of the serial number - 349,0xx would be the 1930's. But in 1969 they started using a letter prefix on the serial numbers. So D3490xx would be very early 1980, around February.
Also, the 308 Win wasn't possible in a Savage 99 until 1955, so 1930's is definitely out.
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