Recently I was lucky enough to acquire a 250-3000 made in 1919. It has no model 1899 or model 99 stamp. It also has no perch belly butt stock and has a full thread takedown barrel(not introduced until 1920). It’s different than my 250-3000 made in 1915 and the person I bought it from called it a 99G.
I wasn’t sure what was going on until I read the letter that accompanied it from Savage Historical Society the previous owner included in the sale. The letter stated it’s a transition period gun(1918-1920) and transition rifles from this immediate post-war era often combined features from the Model 1899 with new standards, such as varied trigger styles, different butt stock, safety mechanisms (lever safety VS. later tang safety), and the continued, but fading, use of brass cartridges counters in the rotary magazine.
The Savage records are now in the care and custody of Cody Firearms Records and letters and search sheets can be acquired through them for a fee.
I also found information stating some rifles from this era, particularly those in the 190,000-220,000+ serial range with a PG checkering are a model 1899 250-3000 with the savage logo on the the buttplate, and no model designation as many of these rifles are absence of the model 1899 or 99 model designation stamp. Furthermore, a Savage Model 1899/99 manufactured in 1919 is a “highly desirable” transition rifle from the post-WWI era, produced during the shift toward new “model 99” designations.
Just fyi for those he might not know and puzzled by some of the features on their Savage model 1899/99 made 1919-1920.
I wasn’t sure what was going on until I read the letter that accompanied it from Savage Historical Society the previous owner included in the sale. The letter stated it’s a transition period gun(1918-1920) and transition rifles from this immediate post-war era often combined features from the Model 1899 with new standards, such as varied trigger styles, different butt stock, safety mechanisms (lever safety VS. later tang safety), and the continued, but fading, use of brass cartridges counters in the rotary magazine.
The Savage records are now in the care and custody of Cody Firearms Records and letters and search sheets can be acquired through them for a fee.
I also found information stating some rifles from this era, particularly those in the 190,000-220,000+ serial range with a PG checkering are a model 1899 250-3000 with the savage logo on the the buttplate, and no model designation as many of these rifles are absence of the model 1899 or 99 model designation stamp. Furthermore, a Savage Model 1899/99 manufactured in 1919 is a “highly desirable” transition rifle from the post-WWI era, produced during the shift toward new “model 99” designations.
Just fyi for those he might not know and puzzled by some of the features on their Savage model 1899/99 made 1919-1920.
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