New Baby!!!!

[DaveShooter]

Picked up my oldie but goodie 99 in .300 savage today . It has a serial #561668 not really sure how old it is. It has checkering, and a schneble forend looks like a 23 or 24" barrel steel butt-plate. This rifle also has a intergrated front sight in the barrel rifle was made in Chicopee Falls, Mass. Anyone that can help with some info I sure would be greatful.
Dave Shooter

[tscott]

Sounds like an "eg" from the 53 - 54' timeframe... A great deer rifle!!!!

[DaveShooter]

Sounds like an "eg" from the 53 - 54' timeframe... A great deer rifle!!!!

Thanks for the input. It got some war wounds but that gives it some stories to tell if it could only talk. If I ever get the chance to hunt with it I sure will.
I also like the mod.340 Savage 30/30 I picked up. Only bad thing is living in Ohio can't deer hunt with such fine toys.
Dave Shooter

[DaveShooter]

Sounds like an "eg" from the 53 - 54' timeframe... A great deer rifle!!!!

Thanks for the input. It got some war wounds but that gives it some stories to tell if it could only talk. If I ever get the chance to hunt with it I sure will.
I also like the mod.340 Savage 30/30 I picked up. Only bad thing is living in Ohio can't deer hunt with such fine toys.
Dave Shooter

I took off the forearm of this rifle.It has an SP in a circle around it ,also a letter o next to the circle underneath the circle and the small o is the serial #561,668 underneath the serial # is two letters GX. This is all in the inside of the forearm. I thank anyone whom can give info on this rifle
Dave Shooter

[Ron T.]

Dave.......

The serial number on your rifle falls among rifles made in 1950 according to my records.

However the most sure way to determine the year of manufacture is through the use of the Lever Boss Code.

Savage began very lightly embossing the Inspector's number and a  letter for the year of manufacture in 1949... beginning with the letter "A".  In 1950, the letter was changed to "B".  In 1951, the letter was changed to "C".

Look on the front of the lever boss... that extension of the lower receiver into which the lever is inserted and rotates.  You may need a magnifying glass to make out the Lever Boss Code which is pressed inside a FAINT oval on the front of the lever boss.

In your rifle's case, the letter should be a "B" indicating a 1950 manufacturing date.  I agree that with the information you provided about your rifle, it sounds like an "EG" model... one of the most common and yet, most beautiful Model 99s. ever made.  In fact, your rifle was made during the Model 99's "hey-day" when its quality was at about the highest point ever reached.

The .300 Savage cartridge, "father" of the famous .308 Winchester, is a top choice as a deer cartridge. 


Strength & Honor...

Ron T.