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LBK. HOWDY! How's your hammer hanging Son? Hope all is well and you came through the China Plague unharmed. This place is amazing. 3 years gone, and walk into the same conversation. What's even more amazing? You inform them of a factory marking that could resolve their dilemma.
Bubkis! Totally ignored, phfffffft they continue kibitzing over minutia like swivels .
I dunno, maybe its just me, call me practical, I'll take the letters RS slammed into steel at forge over whether the sling stud is textbook perfect. Its an accessory Any idiot can change an accessory. The receiver IS the gun.
I had a Pinto with Lincoln hubcaps. Didn't make it a Mark IV.
Hang in there brother. Thank God we have another condescending self-proclaimed genius to set us all straight.
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You inform them of a factory marking that could resolve their dilemma.
Bubkis! Totally ignored, phfffffft they continue kibitzing over minutia like swivels .. It’s worth looking at, but hasn’t proved helpful for oddballs that show up 1945-1949. Pretty much every one is stamped EG, even all the RTs that I remember.
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LBK. HOWDY! How's your hammer hanging Son? Hope all is well and you came through the China Plague unharmed. This place is amazing. 3 years gone, and walk into the same conversation. What's even more amazing? You inform them of a factory marking that could resolve their dilemma.
Bubkis! Totally ignored, phfffffft they continue kibitzing over minutia like swivels .
I dunno, maybe its just me, call me practical, I'll take the letters RS slammed into steel at forge over whether the sling stud is textbook perfect. Its an accessory Any idiot can change an accessory. The receiver IS the gun.
I had a Pinto with Lincoln hubcaps. Didn't make it a Mark IV.
Hang in there brother. That's the Ram I remember. Wife and I are fine. No China flu. Nothing has really changed. Most of, but not all, of the old timers stick to the PM but don't post . I hope you stick around this time.
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You inform them of a factory marking that could resolve their dilemma.
I dunno, maybe its just me, call me practical, I'll take the letters RS slammed into steel at forge over whether the sling stud is textbook perfect. ... The receiver IS the gun. You inform them of a factory marking that could resolve their dilemma.
Bubkis! Totally ignored, phfffffft they continue kibitzing over minutia like swivels .. It’s worth looking at, but hasn’t proved helpful for oddballs that show up 1945-1949. Pretty much every one is stamped EG, even all the RTs that I remember. Uhhh... where would the model stamping be? Never saw anything similar on ours... Oh, never mind. Reviewing the serial number thread, I see all I've got is an "X". -Chris
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Not doubting your memory Rory, but I have two RTs, both of which have a “5” stamped on the front of the receiver. Neither is stamped EG - at least according to my records - I didn’t pull the forearms again. (One has a “4” and the other has a “5” stamped on on the bottom of the barrel.)
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Following this with interest as I have what I believe to be a R and a RS.
Appears to me there is no 100% certain way to identify either.
I will pull the Fore ends and see what's marked.
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Not doubting your memory Rory, but I have two RTs, both of which have a “5” stamped on the front of the receiver. Neither is stamped EG - at least according to my records - I didn’t pull the forearms again. (One has a “4” and the other has a “5” stamped on on the bottom of the barrel.) Always doubt my memory!  Need to pull out all my prewar 99R's and 99RS's and check the front as well. Everyone I remember has an 8. But never took notes on them.
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What's the cutoff join date for "old timers"? Obviously I'm not in that group but just curious.
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The mystery deepens.
I dragged out my 99 300 Sav. 24" bbl serial 73238X that was sold to me years ago as an R model.
It appears to conform to everything in David's book.
But unlike my prewar RS, the fore arm is held on with a screw fastened to a female dovetaill let into the barrel.
Clarification ?
Another thing I ran across is that the 99 wearing the T7 in his book has the mounting screws much farther forward than my RS or the one shown in old Weaver ad. The one in thge book also has flush screws rather than the knurled ones handscrews on mine and in the ad. Looks and carries better no doubt.
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What's the cutoff join date for "old timers"? Obviously I'm not in that group but just curious. The "old timers" are the guys that were here before the new guys got here and ruined it.  I'm not in the old timer club either so don't feel bad...
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From my perspective the 'old timers' are the guys that migrated over from the Gun & knife forum where this all started. When it shut down Rick99 found a home for us here and we all signed up.
I think that Rick has a roster of the old G&K guys.
Today none of that matters a lot to me. A lot of folks wandered in and became part of the group and respected members. It's not the age but the cut of yer jib that matters to me.
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Frankly, absolutely no offense intended, I'm impressed a lot of the "old-timers" where computer literate enough in the 1990s to participate in online forums. I'm no spring chicken but a lot of the really long time members are probably about my dad's age, from what I can tell. It took him a very long time to even own a computer and even longer to participate in hunting and gun forums.
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Im pretty sure this forum hasn't been ruined!!! one of the best on the campfire. But we who have been here for some time do hear the same questions asked over,and over,and over ! newbys got to learn somewhere! 
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Would help out with duplicate questions if the search function worked decently.
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The mystery deepens.
I dragged out my 99 300 Sav. 24" bbl serial 73238X that was sold to me years ago as an R model.
It appears to conform to everything in David's book.
But unlike my prewar RS, the fore arm is held on with a screw fastened to a female dovetaill let into the barrel.
Clarification ?
Another thing I ran across is that the 99 wearing the T7 in his book has the mounting screws much farther forward than my RS or the one shown in old Weaver ad. The one in thge book also has flush screws rather than the knurled ones handscrews on mine and in the ad. Looks and carries better no doubt. 1) The 1950 99R forearm eyelet goes into the wood, and a screw holds the forearm on. You can see the forearm eyelet and the screw hold on the forearm here. ![[Linked Image from savagefest.net]](https://www.savagefest.net/my_99s/1956_99RS_308/2011-11-21_09-15-18_830.jpg) 2) Prewar 99RS forearm studs replaced the forearm screw for attaching the forearm. As seen here: ![[Linked Image from savagefest.net]](https://www.savagefest.net/my_99s/1939_RS/Left_Side4.JPG) 3) The T7 mounts do wander a bit.. it's believed the factory ones would be placed like the ad, but there's no firm confirmation on that. I think the standard screws were the knurled heads, and really nice ones show that many were case colored (iirc). ![[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]](https://i.ibb.co/V311KRJ/539747-A0-0-CB8-4-F5-A-8-BCD-5801695-B63-C3.jpg)
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Im pretty sure this forum hasn't been ruined!!! one of the best on the campfire. But we who have been here for some time do hear the same questions asked over,and over,and over ! newbys got to learn somewhere! And by having people come in and ask questions, even if it's the same questions we've seen 500 times... once in a great while, we find out something new.
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Would help out with duplicate questions if the search function worked decently. Ain't that the truth! The so-called search here SUX!
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Calhoun, thanks for the clarification.
My R is a wonderful rifle wearing a Denver Redfield 4X post and CH scope.
Shoots 3 factory 150s in 1" @100.
Also appears you T7 mount is higher and farther forward than mine or the Weaver ad. Suppose Savage must have done the holes w/o a jig.
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Also appears you T7 mount is higher and farther forward than mine or the Weaver ad. Suppose Savage must have done the holes w/o a jig. Or that those guns weren't done by the factory.
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Shoes getting a 'lil tight? And you thought you were King [bleep] on Enema Island? At least you recognize greatness when you read it.
America is (supposed to be) a Republic, NOT a democracy. Learn the difference, help end the lie. Fear a government that fears your guns.
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