Savage Model 99 year of manufacture?

Zippy452 · May 23, 2019, 07:23 PM

I just got a model 99. Serial number is 664486. Circle is unreadable. And anyone verify the year? I think it's a 1953

Rimfire5 · May 24, 2019, 08:11 AM

I believe 1953 started with 652,000 and ended with 720,000 so I believe you are right.

T. O'Heir · May 24, 2019, 11:36 AM

Rummage around here. http://www.savage99.com/dates.htm

**44 AMP** · May 25, 2019, 11:57 AM

Is it factory drilled and tapped?? I'll have to check, but I think that started about 53 or so. The way to tell is easy, if there are markings over the chamber, with mounting holes drilled through, it wasn't done by the factory.

When Savage began factory drilling and tapping the 99 they moved the chamber markings from the top to the side of the receiver.

Zippy452 · May 25, 2019, 04:18 PM

Not sure if it's factory drilled will have to check.

T O'Heir: I checked that. Best it gives me is 1951 or later.

I did find this.

http://www.savageshooters.com/showth...nufacture-Info

105kw · May 25, 2019, 08:07 PM

Could you please post some photos?
This should be a 99EG model, in .250 or .300 Savage.
Great old guns.
Drill and tap started at the factory in 1957.

jmstr · May 25, 2019, 09:43 PM

My 99EG in .300sav was serial # 699xxx and was made in 1954. so, probably not later than that. Although savage serial numbers were stamped, and then the gun was finished later. Supposedly some were earlier #s and were produced a year after mine, for example.

However, that wouldn't be normal- just not impossible.

May 23, 2019, 07:23 PM	#1
Zippy452 Junior Member Join Date: May 22, 2019 Posts: 2	Savage Model 99 year of manufacture? I just got a model 99. Serial number is 664486. Circle is unreadable. And anyone verify the year? I think it's a 1953

May 24, 2019, 11:36 AM	#3
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	Rummage around here. http://www.savage99.com/dates.htm __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

May 25, 2019, 11:57 AM	#4
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,821	Is it factory drilled and tapped?? I'll have to check, but I think that started about 53 or so. The way to tell is easy, if there are markings over the chamber, with mounting holes drilled through, it wasn't done by the factory. When Savage began factory drilling and tapping the 99 they moved the chamber markings from the top to the side of the receiver. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

May 24, 2019, 08:11 AM	#2
Rimfire5 Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2009 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 922	I believe 1953 started with 652,000 and ended with 720,000 so I believe you are right.

May 25, 2019, 04:18 PM	#5
Zippy452 Junior Member Join Date: May 22, 2019 Posts: 2	Not sure if it's factory drilled will have to check. T O'Heir: I checked that. Best it gives me is 1951 or later. I did find this. http://www.savageshooters.com/showth...nufacture-Info

May 25, 2019, 08:07 PM	#6
105kw Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2017 Location: Columbia Basin Washington Posts: 413	Could you please post some photos? This should be a 99EG model, in .250 or .300 Savage. Great old guns. Drill and tap started at the factory in 1957.

May 25, 2019, 09:43 PM	#7
jmstr Senior Member Join Date: February 24, 2001 Location: San Joaquin Valley, CA Posts: 1,281	My 99EG in .300sav was serial # 699xxx and was made in 1954. so, probably not later than that. Although savage serial numbers were stamped, and then the gun was finished later. Supposedly some were earlier #s and were produced a year after mine, for example. However, that wouldn't be normal- just not impossible.