Pictures later...

[cwo4uscgret]

I bought a Model 99E (S/N 10812XX) 1964 manufacture if I read the chart correctly. Chambered in .243; with Savage marked scope rings and a Savage-Suwa, Japan, Model 0433, 4x33 Scope.

Would this have been a "factory special" package?

[cwo4uscgret]

Picture time!

Here are a few pictures of my Model 99E. The serial number puts it as being made in 1964,

https://www.coltforum.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=192 0,fit=scale-down/https://www.coltforum.com/attachments/1e90b87d-f5be-410a-90b6-76e67b8bf311-jpeg.813664/
https://www.coltforum.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=192 0,fit=scale-down/https://www.coltforum.com/attachments/25c61f4f-4950-47f0-b554-0c92591f3ace-jpeg.813663/
https://www.coltforum.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,width=1920,height=192 0,fit=scale-down/https://www.coltforum.com/attachments/c629b596-841d-4892-adbd-6d95eb95f2cb-jpeg.813671/

[Model24]

Looks brand new!

[thebeav]

Looks brand new!

It sure does !
Nice looking rifle....

[CalhounRR]

Clean 99E, and in 243. Nice. The "package" 99E with Savage scope and rings wasn't catalogued until 1967 and was called the 99E/S. It was literally just a 99E in a box along with the scope and rings, you had to assemble when you got it. In 1964 they did sell the 99E, the rings and the scope - just not as a package/combination. So it all likely dates to 1964, and the 99E retailed for $102.50 that year.

[cwo4uscgret]

Thanks for the info CalhounRR. I’ve been in the hospital sho I haven’t been checking here as often