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Dokey
Can you tell me what year Savage starting putting a serial number on the 99 lever gun? I have one that does not have a serial and do not know what model of the 99 it is. I can give some details. Chamber 300 Savage, 24" barrel, mag indicator, and an indicator when gun is cocked and chambered. Aside from that, I don't know what other info to include. Thanks.

I appreciate all the info. I have looked all over the receiver and everywhere else I could not find a serial...still have not found one. The sights have been removed and a scope mounted on it. I did take the scope and mount off to see if serial would be there...but the only thing stamped on top was SAVAGE 99...nothing else. It does have the lever lock for safety. Forearm is checkered with an upside down triangle...and the grip has checkering as well. I guess the Mag indicator is a counter for number of rounds in the magazine... I really don't know where else to look for a serial. Thanks again to all.

Okay, I just got an email back from Small Arms Shop and told them the same thing I have posted here...they told me that in 1947 some guns did leave without serial numbers because the machine that stamped the numbers were broke at that time and they were shipped out without serial on them. Can anyone confirm this? Thanks again.
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  • Dokey
    I was at a Pawn shop today and saw an older Savage 99. I am wondering what Model it is and how much it should be worth to buy. It was chambered in 300 savage with a 24" bbl. It had a saftety located by the lever and the rotary magazine down inside. Sparse chekering on the Stock, but it was cut and not impressed. NO cracks in the stock. No checkering on the Forend. It had a plastic looking cap on the pistol grip and a steel buttplate. It was listed for $359.00 I looked and looked but could find no model number. Does anybody have any idea what this model was? Where would the model number be? I should have written down the serial number . I can go back.

    Regards,

    Taylor46
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  • He Dog
    It takes a combination if characters and dating to sort out the models. I can only do it with book in hand.
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  • dfletcher
    quote:Originally posted by Dokey
    How can one tell what series 99 they have, I just picked up a 99 in 300 savage with a serial number in the 516xxx range


    There should be a letter stamped in a small circle on the edge of the lever where it pivots off the frame - very small letter inside a circle. I may be off a year or two, but I believe that "A' is 1948 and "B" is 1949, etc, etc.....
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  • jar
    the serial number puts it in 1949 the next few things are important factors in determining what 99 it is. what dose the barrel stamp say and where is it located?how long is the barrel? whats the forearm look like? dose it have a schnable forearm or is it slim and tapered? what is the pattern of the checkering on the grip area look like? and last on the frame where the lever bolts on there will be a small stamp a circle with a letter and a number what are they? pictures are priceless!!!
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  • Dokey
    I have it listed with pics, auction 147449434
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  • Dokey
    Where the lever attaches to the frame there is an asterik ( like an X with dashes in the quadrants), not a circle with a number, and the proof mark is on the R/S of the barrel, not on the L/S where it says 300 savage
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  • jar
    Your 99 is a 49 model 99EG its one of the more popular models out there. they were made from 1935 to 1960. acording to murrys( the ninety nine) book of savages there was none made from 1942 to 1945 nice old guns! good luck!
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