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Gentlemen...this is the rifle I had posted about a week or 2 ago. I'll let you experts be the judge on is it all original? Has anything been refinished in your opinions? Any other info you can let me know about would be appreciated. As those of you know if you read my other post, I know NOTHING about the 99's, I just think they are a very cool rifle and wish I could afford this one. Hopefully I can remember how to post pics. If they don't show up, please bear with me as this is the 2nd time I have done this and had to have help the last time I did it. Thanks...Eddie

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Well crud...I can see them all except the one that shows SAV 30 in it, but the link is there to click on. Not sure why it didn't show up on here. I hope you can see them. If not, please let me know what I need to do. Thanks...Eddie

There's a limit as to how many pictures you can have in one post. Here:

Looks original to me ,normal wear on the receiver, even has the dreadded tang crack in the stock. It is in better shape then the sav 30 marked rifle i have. What is the s/n ? wondering if it fell in the s/n range Rick has. Don

Thanks Calhoun!

Loggah-I don't think I even got a picture of the s/n so I can't answer that. Sorry. What would be the going price on one like this? Thanks...Eddie

Looks right to me. It may have been lightly sanded at some point in it's life, but it's hard to tell for sure. I wouldn't let that deter me if I wanted the gun. It looks to be in excellent condition for a 115 year old rifle.

If I were interested in buying it I would pull the butt plate off and the forearm and check and make sure all the serial numbers match. Just looking at the gun I don't know why they wouldn't but better safe than sorry.

If you want to shoot it I would fix that crack. If you don't plan on shooting it much or at all, I'd prolly leave it alone.

Edit: Just looking more closely at that one picture it looks as though somebody may have already tried to fix that tang crack...

I would check out the crack under the sight. It looks like there's a small piece of wood missing along the margin of the tang. If that crack is not stable then it turns the rifle into a non-shooter without either a fix or a replacement stock; and both are serious considerations and "big time" grounds for negotiating the price. The crack could be why the seller still has the rifle.

PS - on second look there appears to be a big gob of wood filler in the crack too. The crack, for me, could be a serious game stopper!

Whats up with the 30? Is it a mis-stamped 303 designation? This is not a big deal with me, but just interesting.

That's a sexy rifle.

It's actually a 30-30 Winchester. Savage stamped of few of the early guns in that caliber Sav.30" That is not a common gun. The tang crack is really a secondary consideration in this case if you are looking for an early 1899 stamped Sav 30."

Tang crack looks repaired but need to verify. There is filler at the tang and maybe a pin (dark dot on side) in the wrist. Wood has been refinished but not heavily sanded. Address looks buffed but I think it might just be a blurry photo as the rest of the rifle finish looks right. Rear sight is correct. Tang sight is a much later production (no problem). As this is a pre-90,000 rifle you would want to watch for receiver cracks and keep reloaded ammo pressure to factory or lower.

I haven't seen a SAV 30 sell in some time. I would think it should be worth a little premium to a collector as there were not that many produced.

Thanks

Thanks guys. I wonder if my friend who has the rifle at his shop has someone in mind to sell it to. He hasn't had it long and hasn't even displayed it yet. I would love to have it, however, it is going to be out of my price range and if I were to ever get a 99 I would like to be able to shoot it at least fairly frequently.

I am interested enough to chat with the fellow if you wouldn't mind passing that along. I'll send you a PM.

I’d still be darn sure that crack is stabilized. That’s a substantial piece of wood missing from a thin part of the stock and it wouldn’t be pretty if it let go.