So from what I've herd all savage rifels where refitted by marlin. Execpt a few early 99 models in 30/30 that where refited from the 24" octagone to 26" round barrels by savage between 1914 and 1920. 10 of these 26" barrels where made and only 3 exist, the other 7 where lost. Info by Charles (buzz) huntinton,, I knew the man r.i.p. . In 1980 he made an offer to a lady who had one of the 3 rifels for 20.000.00 so here is the question what whould those guns go for today ?