I have a Savage Model 99 that I have been studying for awhile and I believe I have an idea of the model and manufacture date, but I am not 100% yet, and would like some help. It has a 22' barrel with the ramp front sight (bead), a Redfield base and Redfield Bear Cub 4x Duplex, and a Marble tang peep sight and no rear sight came with it, but it is dovetailed and D&T for one.
Nov 08, 2013 I paid for a research letter from the Savage Historian, John Calahan relating to my Savage 99EG in.300 Savage quite a few years ago (around 1994). My lever boss code indicates the receiver was made in 1952. My 99EG's serial number 730XXX, was made in 1956 per Mr. However, the rifle did not ship from the warehouse until 1962.
The forearm has what I would describe as a 'M' checkering pattern, which wraps all the way around (looks like a capital M when the gun is standing in the corner) and a post for a sling. It also has 2 thin lines which wrap around the forearm in front of the checkering and post. Behind the receiver, the wood has raised panels in sharp V, pistol grip with checkering and a straight stock and straight metal buttplate and a cap on the pistol grip. The lever is case colored and it has a brass counter for the rotary magazine with a cocking indicator behind the action. After deciding to not concern myself with the sights and only focus on the rifle, I think it is a early 'R' model.
The serial# 356082 (that's it, no letters) could put it at 1936, but above the hinge of the lever there is what looks to be either a 'Q' or a small 'a' stamped.On the left side of the barrel it reads.250-3000 SAVAGE with a sideways oval and inside SP, the curve of the 'P' is not noticeable. On the right side of the barrel it is stamped HIGH PRESSURE STEEL - PROOF TESTED, and on top of the barrel, SAVAGE ARMS CORPORATION, UTICA,N.Y. MADE IN U.S.A.I would like to know if my assumption of it being a early 'R' model and the date of manufacture of 1936 is correct? Any information is appreciated and I know I could be absolutely wrong, it wouldn't be the first time. Thanks for the help.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSavage Model 99Type, riflePlace of originProduction historyDesigned1899ManufacturerProduced1899-2004SpecificationsLength20 (508 ) to 26 (660.4 ), NATO,.22 Hi Power, 38-55 WCF, rifleFeed systemRotary, later models had a detachable boxmagazine.SightsBlade with fixed ramp or peep sight on newer modelsThe Model 99 was a famously innovative, best selling produced from1899 until the early 1990s by the in. The company may bebest-known for the Model 99 and the very popular, which was the parent stock during a WW-IIdevelopment contract of the eventual civiliansporting cartridge, later adopted in the 1950s as the cartridge.An early version of the Savage 99 (the Savage 95) was one of thecontending rifle models offered to the U.S. Army when they werelooking for a replacement to their trapdoorrifle. The was chosen over theSavage and other models, including the Mauser (Belgian 1889) andLee Magazine system (Later chosen by the British and become the ).The Model 95 was the first lever action designed to shoothigh-powered cartridges with, and.The hammerless design is a substantial improvement because thetime from trigger pull to firing is less. This makes the rifle moreaccurate, because the rifleman's muscular tremors have less time tomove the rifle off-aim.
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A hammerless design is also less likely tojam in brush or clothing.The model 95 uses a rotary magazine to hold the cartridges. Unlikeother magazines which use metal plates and springs to push thecartridges towards the bolt, the rotary magazine uses aspring-loaded spool with grooves to hold the cartridges. The Savage95 took advantage of the spool to include a counter to indicate howmany shots are left. The Model 99 continued using this system formany years. Anotherbenefit of the rotary magazine was the ability to use pointed orspitzer bullets, which was precluded by the tubular magazines ofother lever action rifles, which were forced to use round or flatnose bullets, or face the possibility of accidental discharge ifthe tip hit the primer of the bullet in front of it with enoughforce to activate the primer while in the tube.
Eventually, theModel 99 replaced the rotary magazine with a detachable boxmagazine; which was faster to load, yet simpler and less expensiveto manufacture. It also did away with the round counter on the leftof the receiver.The modern removable box magazine often seen on military rifleswas invented in 1908 by Savage, as an improvement to the Model 99,but was not used on the Model 99 until later production years. It didnot come into wide use in other guns until the patent expired in1942. It has many attractive features that ensured its eventualdominance. It has shoulders to retain cartridges when it is removedfrom the rifle. It also operates reliably with cartridges ofdifferent lengths.
So, it is insertable and removable at any timewith any number of cartridges. This allows the operator to reloadthe gun infrequently, carry magazines rather than loose cartridges,and to easily change the types of cartridges.
It is assembled frominexpensive stamped sheet metal. When empty the follower stopsthe bolt from engaging the chamber, informing the operator of thegun's emptiness before the next attempt to fire.During its production history the Savage 99 was chambered at onetime or another for.303 Savage,.30-30 WCF,.300 Savage,.250Savage (also called the.250-3000, as the first commercial round toproduce a velocity of over 3000 fps),.22 Hi Power,.22-250Remington,.243 Winchester,.308 Winchester,.358 Winchester,7mm-08 Remington,.284 Winchester, 38-55 WCF, and.32 WinchesterSpecial among others. 502,018, July 26, 1893, Hammerless Rifle, Inventor:; It was called the 'Model95' because production started in 1895.U.S. 611,284, Filing date: Jan 17, 1893, Inventor:Arthur W. 634,034, Firearm, Filed: Apr 21, 1897, Granted Oct.3, 1899, Inventor:.U.S. 885,868, April 28, 1908, Improved Magazine,Inventor: Arthur W.
The 'follower' is the moving sheet metal part in thebox magazine that protects the last cartridge from the spring.See alsocategories:.