Bought today a Model 1899 in .303 Savage. Has a nice checkered forearm and stock, buttplate is the steel rifle style. Front sight is a Marbles #52 while the rear sight is also Marbles. Metal finish is pretty thin all over with rust on the buttplate. The barrel comes in at 25 inches measured to the front of the receiver. The stock has cracks along the sides adjacent to the receiver tang. Serial number is 45.290 which seems to put it's date of birth in 1905. The bore is just OK but I still need to clean it. I think it's a neat specimen.