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Does the 'F' tell me anything about this rifle??? ![[Linked Image]](http://i.imgur.com/157aQMN.jpg)
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I think in the 50's rifles were stamped on the front of the receiver with their model designation. So, the F would stand to reason it's a 50's model F. But, I think that the model R's of that time period were stamped with an "8". Yours has an 8 and an F. The F was a feather weight with the butt hollowed out and a slimmed down forearm, The R was the opposite, the heavy weight rifle. There was an F in the 20's that was a take down, different rifle. Some one will come along and unconfuse me.
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That looks like the takedown piece that goes on the front of the forearm. That would make it a 99F made between about 1921 and 1940 probably.
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Doesn't that cross-screw denote an earlier takedown? Is the serial number 199,8xx?
If so, the F shouldn't mean anything. The models weren't even defined for a couple years after this rifle was made.
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That photo appears to be of the front side of the early (pre-1920) style forearm collar for a takedown rifle. The 1899 F is a solid frame rifle, so it would not have a forearm collar, and I am not aware of there being a takedown option for the 1899 F. Thus I can't speculate on the significance of the F on the piece in the photo.
We know Savage wasted very little and that receivers were not necessarily assembled in serial number order. Maybe it came off a very early 99 F, and they used up an in stock forearm collar.
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And, the 1899F was only a model "F" to collectors. Murray coined the models for 1899's in his book in the 80's, Savage never used them.
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You raised a good point about the rifle maybe being finished after the 99 models were catalogued. I always forget how long some receivers sat before going out.
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Doesn't that cross-screw denote an earlier takedown? Is the serial number 199,8xx?
If so, the F shouldn't mean anything. The models weren't even defined for a couple years after this rifle was made. The S/N is correct 199,xxx born about 1919, IIRC, takedown 22-HP.... The 'F' is not a part of the S/N appears nowhere else, just curious if it had any meaning....
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I think in the 50's rifles were stamped on the front of the receiver with their model designation. So, the F would stand to reason it's a 50's model F. But, I think that the model R's of that time period were stamped with an "8". Yours has an 8 and an F. The F was a feather weight with the butt hollowed out and a slimmed down forearm, The R was the opposite, the heavy weight rifle. There was an F in the 20's that was a take down, different rifle. Some one will come along and unconfuse me. The '8' is the 4th digit of a 6 digit S/N.....
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...or just an inspectors stamp.
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