And, since we are on the topic of RS's. Has anyone ever found a Post War RS? Confirmed, lettered, etc?
Unless you have a box that says 99RS, any 1950's style 99RS looking rifle is going to be only a "I think it's a 99RS". Don't think a letter would confirm the model, just a ship date (and Cody doesn't have access to these ledgers yet, they aren't even sure they have them.
I've had a couple that I believe are correct 99RS's, but couldn't prove it.
Neither of these were being sold as 99RS's, but rather as 99R's. So I find it less likely that somebody tried to "convert" them to 99RS's.
This is a 1957 99RS in 308. It was minty..
1952 99RS in 300.