Savage 99 ID Help Needed

[freedompro]

Hi there, can anyone help me to id the folowing rifle model and special information?

Savage Model 99
Serial Number 5831XX
.330 Savage

18" barrel (Measuared muzzle to front of receiver ring)
Schnable fore-end - Checekered
Pistol Gri[p Stock - Checkered
Sling swivels fornt and rear
Steel Butt plate with horizontal serrations - 2 screws - no id marks
Stock appears to have been refinished at some point

Marking on front of Lever Boss :
Numbers inscribed inside of circle
23P, or 23B, or 23R - (hard to make out last letter)


Markings in Receiver Ring:
Savage
Model 99

Markings on Barrel:
Top: Savage Arms Corporation
Chicoopee Falls, MASS, USA

Right: Hi-Pressure Proof Tested

Left: .300 Savage


Front Sight: Gold Bead Dovetailed in Ramp - serrated ramp face
Rear Sight: Buckhorn Blade on long spring, dovetailed to barrel, 6 tooth elevator


Any idea on date of manufacture, model number, or other info?

 

[99trix]

Date of manufacture would be 1950. There were three models made that year the 99R, 99RS and the 99EG. With the schnable forestock it would be a 99EG as both the R and RS had the rounded beavertail forestock. The barrel measurement sounds fishy. The savage barrel length is measure from the bolt face (other side of the receiver ring) and they never produce any savage 99 in 300 in less than a 22" barrel and that was only one model (99T) the remainder were all made with 24" barrels, sounds like yours might have been cut. Hope this helps.