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Hello, i have a Savage 99 made in 1935, its a 99E in 250-3000. 22" barrel, how does one tell the Differance between a Lightweight and Featherweight Mod?. thanks George.

99E with straight stock, not a takedown, and no checkering? Nice grab, hard to find.

Easiest way to tell the difference is to put them next to each other.

Truthfully, the diameter of the barrel at the muzzle will tell you. I don't have a 1930's 99F to measure, but somebody here can help you out.

The early "E"s and "F"s used the same barrel ,the E was screwed in solid and the F was a takedown. Don

Mine is not a takedown, no checkering and is straight stock, i really like this Rifle, thanks to everyone for the info, George.

I guess I thought that the E Lightweights were the early straight stocked model with the schnabel forearm, and that there was no E Featherweight. An E Carbine, but no E Featherweight.
I think Calhoun may be confusing the E with the F Lightweight which was a take-down model and the F Featherweight from 1955-1959(pre-mil).

Not confusing anything.. the 1930's 99E would be a solid frame version of the 1930's 99F.

Same barrel, as Loggah said. Which is why, if somebody with a 1930's 99F would measure the barrel, it should be the same as his.

99E and 99F were both featherweights.. or lightweights.. or whatever you prefer to call them. I think the catalogs listed them as featherweights.

As long as it's a 250-3000 and not a 300

Thanks for that, I knew it but should have stated it. Be interesting to compare the muzzle diameter to a 99G barrel also.

Ok, I learned something. I didn't know the terms Featherweight and Lightweight were interchangable when talking about these early models. I thought the early E and F were lightweights and the Featherweight designation was given only to the 1899H, 99A (rifle),T, and the solid frame F introduced in the 1950's. Another error from Murray?

No, they are the same barrels !!! Don

Sorry, this post threw me. I knew it was a stupid question as soon as I hit "submit".

Actually, I can't see how anybody would call the 99T a featherweight. I know that Murrays does, but definite misnomer in my opinion.

The 99E/99F were the successor to the 1899H, so makes sense that they were both called featherweights.

T's had shorter barrels than E's, or F's, so maybe they thought that justified them calling them featherweights?

Also don't discount the value of the term "featherweight" when you are trying to market a gun.

But I agree in principle with you Rory, the E's and F's are more of a "featherweight" than the T's were.

I just purchased a Savage 30-30 lever action with no model number that I can find. It has the serial number of 230009. Can anyone tell me the year this gun was made and the value?

It's a model H, haha, just kidding, might very well be though.

Whats the barrel length, stock description, take down or solid frame, etc, etc....

It was made in 1921.

Not to change the subject, how common is a 99A short Rifle with 22" barrel?. theres one in one of the Pawn Shops, he says it is 1936. in 250-3000, thanks George.

Pictures, please...

303Mike
I will try and get pictures tomarrow, iam not good at posting, can i send the pics to you?. George.

Geo, Sure, send the pictures to miken54aol.com. The reason I suggest getting pictures is because the pre-war Savage 99A was never available chambered in .250. Also, the old 99A was discontinued before 1936. With pictures a better identification might be made just in case something has been mistaken. I'm wanting to guess that the rifle you are looking at is a post-war 99A in .250. Very legit, if so. Shoot sharp, Mike