Need Info on a Savage 99E

[Slug870]

I am looking for some information on an old Savage model 99E .300 SAV that I just received as a gift from a friend. I don't know much about these rifles, and the sites I have visited do not accept the serial number when I input it to get the year of manufacture. Can any of you Savage gurus point me in the right direction, or help me out with finding info on this rifle (date of manufacture, original configuration, what mine might be missing etc.).

Thanks for any help.

 

[Calum]

I don't have the info you are looking for but I have to say you have a nice friend.

I'm sure others will show up in this thread soon that will be able to help.

 

[BrotherRockeye]

look here:

www.savage99.com/index.htm

 

[Slug870]

look here:

www.savage99.com/index.htm

Thank you for the link. I went there already, but when I inputted my serial number it would not accept it, saying the number was not a valid serial number. So I dropped the letter at the beginning of the serial number, and it said that the rifle was manufactured in 1911. This is all very good, but when I look at the table below the serial number input area; it claims that the "C" at the beginning of the number denotes a 1951 manufacture... quite difference.

If I can get a solid year of manufacture, then at least I can get started on finding out all of the information I am looking for. The problem here lies in sifting through all the internet "knowledge base" and locating factual knowledge... Kinda fun though I guess; there's worse things I could be doing...

 

[MadDog]

I'll give you the year and the month if you gimme the first four characters in your serial number.

Eg: C345###

 

[Slug870]

I'll give you the year and the month if you gimme the first four characters in your serial number.

Eg: C345###

Thank you for your offer. The first four characters are;

C113###

 

[MadDog]

Made in March, 1976.

 

[Slug870]

Thanks, quite the difference from what I was finding, lol.

Now the work begins. Apparently his uncle said that the barrel was shot out, so I'm gonna have to check it out with a trip to the range; after a trip to the smith to verify the rifle is safe to fire.

 

[BrotherRockeye]

there is a better chance that the barrel has copper fouling as opposed to being shot out imo unless they ran a PILE of rounds through it.

 

[Slug870]

there is a better chance that the barrel has copper fouling as opposed to being shot out imo unless they ran a PILE of rounds through it.

I hear ya. I'm gonna give it a thorough cleaning before taking it in for a safety check, so that my give me an idea of what degree of fouling I'm dealing with.

 

[AlexG]

According to my reference book the savage 99E was the economy model which lacked some of the options like the brass shell counter.