Sep 11, 2012 The one website that crossrefrenced the serial number said it was built in 1924 but everything i read says that the 99E wasnt built till the 60's! Then another said the E was built in the 30's then discontinued then brought back in the 60', but then it said that Savage didnt move to Westfield til 60.
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A serial number list for the Savage Model Ninety-Nine can be found in the Blue Book of Gun Values. For most other models, only a range of years is given. More information may be available at the Savage Arms website (see related link) and information about older Stevens firearms is available from the Stevens Historian, Mr. John Callahan, 53 Old Quarry Road, Westfield, MA 01085. Send him all the markings found on the gun along with your daytime telephone number. His charge is $15 to research each gun. If you have a letter in front of the serial number ( A-B-C-D-E-F-G- ect) then I can give you that information, if it has only number, it's a lot tougher, but with more of a description, it can be narrowed down.
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NIf you mean who bought it and used it, when and where, this information is just not available for the normal firearm. At best, there may be manufacturer's records that will indicate the date (or at least the year) of manufacturer. Springfield Research Center has searched records in the National Archives and identified many records of guns that were issued to, inventoried by, or disposed of by, various military units, and the results of their research are available for a fee. Cody Museum in Wyoming has records of most Winchester rifles which usually only indicates the dates manufactured and shipped and the shipping destination, usually a wholesaler but occasionally a special order from a famous individual. These records will also tell the original configuration if it was different than standard. These Winchester letters are very expensive.
There is a similar service for Colt firearms and (I think) Smith and Wesson. Some similar information is available for older Stevens firearms from a private historian who owns the factory records. NIf you know the name of the manufacturer and the model, you can sometimes find some more information from the serial number by contacting the manufacturer or whoever holds the company records, but usually there is little available except the year of manufacture.
Cant tell you about the serial number but i have seen a few junk 99s in 300 savage go for well over the 400$ mark and most shooters that are still user friendly would run about 600 to 900 bucks. A nice one in really good shape could pull 1500 bucks easy.
This is what i have seen and im not sure about how much the date affects price. I saw a little old lady brought her late hubbys 300 savage 99 to gander mountain and they offered her 75 bucks for it and said there was no market for it. Be leary of that guy. I saw the gun and would have given her 800 any day. And that gun has a huge market.