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At the time of the Spiegel (roll engraved) production the "standard" length for the .30-30/.303 was 22" on the EG's.
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As to how common the different cartridges were in the 99R/T versus the 99EG during the war years -- We do see an occasional EG in 30-30 or 303 show up for the war years, but very seldom. And we see R/T's very rarely at all. The 300 EG's were probably the mainstay that was shipped to the sporting goods stores for stocking. The 99R/T's might have been more of the special order? Or as Drew said, might have been a special configuration available through some retailer.
I wonder why they went with the EG during the war years rather than the prewar 99R, the barrel band 99H, or even the 99G? I don't think the EG was probably the big seller for the several years before the war, was it? Or did the EG really take off in 1939-1941 after they started checkering on it?
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During the war I'm sure finding cured and aged wood suitable for sporting gun stocks wasn't easy.
I'm not so sure that having extra T forearms in inventory from before the war isn't a logical answer or at least a possible or partial answer to the R/T.
And with Savage devoting so much of it production capacity to war time production wouldn't it only make sense for them to streamline their limited sporting production as much as possible? Offering one or two models makes perfect sense to me. And with the war time shortages building guns with the materials on hand doesn't seem like a stretch to me.
Just all speculation on my behalf and we will probably never know the real story, cause the guys that were making the decisions then are long gone.
Another Savage mystery lost to history.
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Just all speculation on my behalf and we will probably never know the real story, cause the guys that were making the decisions then are long gone.
Another Savage mystery lost to history.
You think there might be a few old cooters out there somewhere...maybe ....that worked there and would know! They would more than likely be pushing high 80-90, but somebody must remain! Wish I could talk to one of them!
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Well.......if they were 25 in 1945......that would make them 91 today. Thinking the guys running the company and making production decisions were probably a little older. Just sayin' 
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