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what specifically do you want to know? You pretty well have it...

the H above the lever boss is meaningless in this case... just an inspector stamp.

the tang sight was not a standard item, standard would have been a rear sight called a 15WG. Your tang sight is either an Lyman 1A or if it is windage adjustable then a Lyman 29 1/2.

You are right in that this gun is a first edition of the 250-3000 and was the eventual precursor to the 99G.

The trigger should be checkered and the bluing should have a deep luster. It was the real first mass produced model to come with standard checkering... some might want to argue that the 1899CD was but I really don't consider that a standard full production offering rather more of a by order only gun.

They are a desirable model of the 1899/99 if they are in good shape.

here is mine with the butt plate off of it and it came with a redfield peep sight on it which I removed and replaced with an original rear sight...

The early 250-3000's have more than a slight perch-belly, usually very pronounced compared to the later straight bellied stocks.

Here's a picture of Loggah's:




Here's some more where you can see the straight stock version:

couple of nice ones there!!! Loggah's and that third one down have some killer wood!

Also, the first and last one in the pic Rory posted as well as Loggah's gun all have the correct rear sight.

Here's a neat little ad showing off the 250-3000, Makinster. Don't think they'd be printing this ad nowadays.

Cal--NICE rack! Yeah, the 3rd 1 down, for me. Love those lever guns.

The blueing on some of those rifles is great, Drew would that be selct wood on the 3rd one down down or just a lucky rifle?

Johno

...and the first model to have a hard rubber grip cap. Perch-belly and checkered trigger were dropped after production started after WWI. Model name was changed from "250-3000" to "99-G" in 1921 at which time they added other calibers in this style rifle.

I think Don string-dyed it before it was refinished.

my 1915 250-3000 {btm}

Top gun sighted with 100 grain HotCors, middle gun 87 grain HotCors and bottom gun safe queen.

thats where all the beautiful ones went

Makinster, welcome to the forum....much information available here for sure! You may want to buy Murray's book on the 99...it is pretty much the bible in spite of some errors here and there. Post some pictures of your rifle if you can. John

Whoooppps...bumped up an old one by mistake.