My New Love

[echo1]

Inbound from Idaho. 1951ish Savage 99E in .30-30, kinda scarce in that caliber. PAX


https://i.ibb.co/GPxNpH8/Savage-99.jpg

[J.Baker]

Nice!

[Rarefish383]

That is a beautiful rifle, but it has me confused? They made an early 99E from 1922 to 1934, in 30-30. Then they came out with the 99E, economy model in 1960 to 1984. It was not offered in 30-30. Yours has the pressed checkering of the late 60's on. No pressed checkering in the 50's. One of the online serial lookups doesn't have data after a certain point. If your rifle is after that, it just generically says, your rifle was made after 1951. I can't tell, does it have a tang safety or a lever safety? Tang safety's were made after 1960, E's were not checkered, they were the economy model. Could you give the serial with the last two digits XX'd out.

[Rarefish383]

Did some research for ya. The double diamond pressed checkering on an E is style 4 and style 5. No border around style 4. Made 1966 to 1974. If it is in 30-30, it's been rebarreled. Most likely built as a 300 Savage. Butt stock was cut straight for the recoil pad. Should have a slightly curved butt plate. If it is a 300 Savage, it's got a bit more omph than a 30-30. Make sure what it is before you stuff a 30-30 in it.

[snoeproe]

As stated already, the second edition model E didn’t come in 30-30. That cal was gone by the time the second edition E models came out.