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Hello I am joining to learn more. I have 3 99s. I have a 20s 30/30 takedown, a 300 savage takedown cased set with 410, and my gun in question a takedown 300 savage with a neat leather case. I believe it to be an f as it has a straight stock with no checkering. My question is relating to manufacture dates. The serial number is 323,xxx which puts it around 1929 but it also has a lever boss code of k which puts it in 1959? Any thoughts
It's not a date code, it's an inspectors stamp, they didn't start using date codes till 1949.
Lets see that cased set!
When I saw the title I first though that this rifle love thing was going entirely too far. ;)
I'm not sure how to post a pic on here.
Whew.......... I'm glad I'm not the only one.Quote:
Originally Posted by tallwalker
Actually I'm OK with the dating part as long as it doesn't lead to marriage, even though under current laws that would be perfectly legal. :surprise:
How long have you been dating this rifle? Sometimes the 99's can be kinda finicky and hard to get close to. I recommend the 340 series for a closer, longer and more intimate relationship... :-)
Larry
As a person who has been off this site for a long time, but now I see reference to date codes here on the rifle section starting in 1949. Am I missing something? From what I gather any date codes were only for the single & double barrel shotguns, not rifles
Nope, the 99's, 170's pretty much anything after 1949 to 1970 had a date code on them from Savage Arms, even the rimfires.