With that book and by observing the features of the gun you can determine exactly what it is. Thank you again.īrodougie: There is a book on the Savage 99 by Murray.
If any of you could help fill in the gaps in my knowledge that would be amazing.
#SAVAGE 99 RIFLE SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBER#
I am slightly confused how my serial number could be 1,037,761 and have a boss code 'N'.
#SAVAGE 99 RIFLE SERIAL NUMBERS SERIAL NUMBERS#
I did my best at reading the Boss Code and I am fairly certain that it reads 12N which would make it a 1962, but I read in some of the posts that the serial numbers stop at 1,000,000. When my father passed he left me his Savage 99E.243 lever action. I wanted to say thank you for sharing all of your knowledge and helping me figure out what a boss code is and what it means. Hello Everybody, I came across your site while trying to research my rifle. You'd have to give me more than that for mine even though I have quite a bit less than that in the gun (bought off co-worker 15 years ago). Others might have more knowledge about value but the bottom has to be at least $500. These are unique looking, unique operationally, and pretty accurate and handy guns. With a scope I think it would match almost any 308 for hunting. I don't hunt but a lot of former owners did and I bet this would make an excellent woods gun. These guns are well worth keeping and shooing. It got him a job which he eventually parlayed into the biggest gun manufacturing company in the USA in a few decades. He actually turned a Model 99 into a semi-auto and tried to hawk it to gun companies. In fact Ruger, the man, was infatuated with the Savage 99 in his youth and lifted the mag design for his 10/22 in the 1950's. The magazine is probably the most unique part of the gun (rotating mag like a Ruger 10/22 mag). I think it probably is more accurate than similar Winchester lever guns of the same period. While developing loads with a chronograph and only interested in getting factory velocities and not even watching the target while shooting, I was amazed at the accuracy after walking down to the target to retrieve it. My 99EG is very accurate with open sights. Every time I take mine to the range someone will ask if I want to sell it. I don't think there is much collector interest in these guns, but I don't really know.
To determine exactly what you have, you'd have to cross reference features from a book like the D.P.Murray book 'The 99: A History of the Savage Model 99 Rifle'. The highest S/N was supposedly 1,000,000. The Model 99E was made from 1960 to 1984. Shooters want good guns but will not pay that kind of money. Original excellent condition guns is what they want. A refinished gun to collectors is worth much much less. I would not give mine up for anything but if I HAD to I would think a collector might pay $500 or more.īut it all depends on condition to a collector. The amazing thing to me is how much more accurate it is than my Winchester lever guns. I have one from the 1950's that is aobut 90% that I shoot my reloads from. Savage, Marlin, Winchester! Dates of manufacture for the following rifles. A guy I know has a Savage Model 99 in.243 that on the top of the barrel says 'Model 99A' but stamped back by the receiver it say '99E. All of the popular Savage cartridges are.
Their respective characteristics and a date of manufacture reference based on serial number. Some like-new in the box versions fetch twice what other excellent, nice, clean example get. I think a good amount of the serial number data was lost in a fire several years ago and even Savage might have trouble providing a precise date.Peteelliot To a shooter it's a $100 gun (too old and in a funny caliber for which ammo is almost non-existent!) but to a collect it all depends on condition. However, if you go strictly by the "A" and assume that the serial number was not model number dependent for both rifles and shotguns, then, in theory, it's likely to have a manufacturing date between October 1968 and February 1972. The factory published a listing of serial numbers at the beginning of each year for use by their warranty centers, which this chart below is an example of that I acquired from Savage as a Warranty Center.
The serial numbers would use the prefix letter and the firearms individual number up 999,999, then it started over using the next alphabetical letter. However word was that the serial numbers were usually assigned in lots relating to the number of guns contained in a shipping case. So a Model 99 gun could have the next number as a model 340 rifle or model 94 shotgun, just depending on the order they left the assembly line that day. Serial numbers were the last factory operation and done after the gun was assembled and blued. Quote: Savage did not have separate MODEL DEPENDENT serial numbers even after 1968, but ran all the models/calibers that came off the assembly line consecutively.
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