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was a 99e d&t for a scope in 1948

Must be an EG and the answer is no.

I don’t think anything was factory drilled in 1948. Someone correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the post-war R was the first factory drilled 99, and I think the R post dates 1950.

I mite trade for one just been told that an saw one pic of it

Factory D&t'd 99s have SAVAGE MODEL 99 stamped on the left side of the receiver ring. If that stamp is directly on top and the D&T is through the stamp, it was not done at the factory.

I was thinking a few intermittent 99EG factory D&T's started to show up around 1954 (99R and RS earlier, like 1950). Can someone here clarify that?

I saw a 99 with EG wood on gunbroker a while back SN 5357xx that was D&T'd and had the SAVAGE MODEL 99 stamp on the left side of the receiver ring ... I have scratched my head on that one, because the SN would date to 1949 and I did not expect to see factory D&T'd EG that early ... guess you never say never. Perhaps it started as a 99R and had it's stock and forearm swapped out.

I don't no aint seen it yet just want to now what to look for

I would say that in the face of overwhelming evidence that the 99 you saw didn’t start life as an EG, though the serial number dating to 1949 does raise an eyebrow. For some reason I’m currently not recollecting, I thought the R came out earlier than 1954. Exactly what were the cataloged models in the years between 1945 and 50?

The R was around well before WWII. Coming out of the war the R and EG were the choices.

I've always been skeptical of the smattering of EGs that show up early with factory D&T. Factory mistakes, restocked Rs. or...???

But the R has a distinctive pre and post war configuration. When did the R take on its 50s configuration with factory drilling and the large forearm. On another note I think you verified my hunch about the 99 immediately following WWII. There wasn’t much selection to be had - as was the case until the termination of the EG, F and R in the late 50s. Interesting how 1964 was a bad watershed year for Winchester but for Remington it was the year they upped their game with the 700 replacing the 721/722 series. Savage even seemed to have upped their game too with the small explosion of offerings for the 99 in the early 60s. At least that’s how it strikes me. By 1964 it appears that Savage certainly had more selection than the three basic models of the 99 that were offered throughout the 50s.

Postwar 99R shows up early 1950. Also seen a couple of factory d&t EGs that date to back then - though very, very rare.

Could that constitute a sub-genre of 99 collecting?

No such thing as a sub-genre to this bunch of loonies.

Who ya calling loonies? We be inquisitive minds with a need to know.

The 99R was first cataloged as being available with the modern Weaver scope and bases in 1950. I have an R serial #573xxx LBC B that is D&T'd and a factory D&T'd EG serial #727xxx, LBC F. I recently saw an EG that wasn't D&T'd with a serial # in the 75xxxx range. With Savage never say never. David

So it sounds like for guns made in the 50s you can find the R and possibly a few EGs turning up pretty early that are factory drilled and a few EGs turning up fairly late that are not. How many late EGs, if any, have been documented by members of this forum that are not factory drilled? Has anyone kept a list of those?

250R LBC B and 300R LBC C, both drilled.

Hundreds of thousands of EG's that aren't drilled and tapped from Chicopee Falls. The serial number range goes from 500,000 - 750,000'ish with only a small percentage d&t.

I'm assuming you all are discussing standard weaver bases.

plab

The 1950 catalog specified D&T for Weaver bases.

Actually I was assuming the standard spacing that Savage used throughout production. I always assumed that the scope makers set their spacings on what Savage dictated.