This date code is on 99’s only from 1949 to 1970, and is always preceded by numbers. The numbers indicate the inspector, and the letter indicates the year. On Savage 99’s it is on the front of the lever above the serial number, and is a letter inside an oval stamp preceded by 1 or 2 numbers. They were each only offered for a year.įrom 1949 through 1970, Savage Arms stamped a date code on almost all their firearms. * Commemorative 99s : Dates returned for the 75th Anniversary 1895, the 99CE and 99RMEF are accurate. These dates are likely very accurate, but doesn’t reflect when the rifle was finished or shipped.
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* December, 1968 – 2001+ : The dates that serial numbers were stamped on the receivers during the manufacturing process.
Any given rifle might be finished and shipped months or years after the “normal” date though. Savage Arms no longer recorded the accepted from factory dates.
* Fall of 1926 – December, 1968 : The dates in this serial range are when the rifles were shipped from the factory. Any given rifle might be finished months or years later than “normal”, though. From there it would have been stored and ready to ship. * 1895 – fall of 1926 : The dates returned above are dates the rifles in that serial number range were accepted from the factory. The ledgers record different things over time, so we use the “best” dates we can for each year. What Is The Date? So, what does the “ Date“ returned above actually mean? Well, that varies by time periods.
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