Just curious how many have owned a Savage 1899/99 with a factory barrel that never had a rear dovetail cut?? I have an 1899A short rifle still and owned an 1899CD like that. I did get the CD lettered and it was documented in the ledger (along with having a "short" 24" barrel). I've never bothered to have the 1899A short rifle lettered but maybe one day. The CD lettered as shipping in June 1911... the SR would have been 1905 timeframe.
