Quote Originally Posted by CalhounRR View Post
Beautiful! Technically it's a model 99K, and 1927 was first year that Gough engraved for Savage. Enoch Tue, who had engraved for Savage Arms since 1899, passed away unexpectedly in the summer of 1927. Gough probably engraved this rifle either at his house or at Fox, where he did full time engraving. Savage would go on to buy Fox in 1929.
Thank you for this!

Is a biography available for Enoch Tue and/or William Gough?

I sent photographs of the engraving to David Royal, author of A Collectors Guide to the Savage 99 Rifle, and its Predecessors, the Savage 1895 and 1899, and his opinion is as follows:

“Definitely Gough's work. Or it could be an employee of his. Since it's an early 99K I'm pretty sure Gough did it.”