Live auction, but this already went by once. Ended last night and was relisted.

It's a summer of 1980 99E in 250-3000 with 20" barrel.

The interesting parts are:

1) that the 99E Version 2 was only catalogued and produced in 250-3000 in Styles 1 & 2 (1960 & 24" barrel) and Style 8 (1982-1984 & 22" barrel). It shouldn't exist in 1980, especially in a 20" barrel.
2) The 99E changed to 22" barrels in 1980, and this has a 20" barrel. That alone wouldn't be tremendously interesting.. but it's probably a clue.

I think the rifle is a "factory parts gun" where they used a leftover 20" 99A barrel on a 99E. The 99A also went from 20" barrel to 22" barrel in 1980, so maybe they used a number of loose 20" 99A barrels in 243/300/308/250 on 99E's in 1980?

I'd have probably bought it except for that lever boss weld repair. Be interesting to know what they did to break THAT.

https://www.gunbroker.com/item/912843406

Strike part of that.. neither the 99A nor the 99E switched to a 22" barrel in 1980. They'd both switched to 22" several years earlier.

You'd think I'd reference my own book...

But I still think it was most likely a leftover 99A barrel from early on. Just a few years older than I thought.

I would think it could be cleaned up a bit and look nicer. Ken

I think it's rather collectible as it is, even if it is a... *horror*... postmil 99E - since it's in 250-3000.

Except I can't get past that lever boss weld repair. It's not obvious, but how strong is it? And what happened to the gun that broke it?

That makes me sad.

Horse fell on it? Truck drove over it? Driving metal t-posts or tent stakes with it?

Some years back I had a NIB early 1980's vintage 99E in 250-3000 with 99C wood that was probably one of those "factory parts guns" from the mid-1980's. I bought in in 1988 from Arthur Corey's gun shop in Littleton, NH.

Ive got a late,83’ i think 99E in 250 savage, with round counter.
Was the E offered in 250 throughout its production? I hardly ever see them usually always 300,308,243.

I think we've seen a few of those very late 99E's in 99C wood. Not many, and not in 250 that I remember.


99E Version 2 was catalogued and produced in 250-3000 in Styles 1 & 2 (1960 only with 24" barrel and extremely uncommon) and Style 8 (1982-1984 with 22" barrel).