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In 1949, Savage began stamping a tiny, lightly impressed oval on the lower, fRonT side of the "lever boss". Inside the oval, Savage stamped the letter "A" together with other numbers which are apparently inspector’s numbers.

The “lever boss†is the extension of the lower, fRonT part of the receiver into which the lever fits and rotates.

On many Model 99 rifles, this “oval†is indistinct or difficult to read as are the letters and inspector’s numbers inside the oval. On my own late model “EGâ€, serial #709XXX, made in 1953, only the upper case letter “E†and the rear half of the oval’s circumference (which looks like a large, faint, backwards letter "C") barely show on the lever boss. The fRonT half of the oval’s circumference and whatever is inside the oval in fRonT of the letter “E†are indistinguishable.

The letters “O†and “Q†were skipped and not used due to their similar appearance.

Here is a complete list of the Lever Boss Codes and their corresponding year of manufacture:
A= 1949
B= 1950
C= 1951
D= 1952
E= 1953
F= 1954
G= 1955
H= 1956
I= 1957
J= 1958
K= 1959
L= 1960
M= 1961
N= 1962
O= SKIPPED
P=1963
Q= SKIPPED
R= 1964
S= 1965
T= 1966
U= 1967
V= 1968
W= 1969
X= 1970

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
Inasmuch as the gun you describe is NOT D5T, then it is the early gun and not a 50s gun...All later guns were d & T...

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Originally posted by Atkinson:
Tanoose,
Your rifle is a Savage Model 99M as stated, probably made in 1958, it will have a monte carlo but the M does not stand for Monte Carlo

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Originally posted by Joe Dean:
The swivels aren't factory and it would have to be really, really nice to fetch $400 as this was the most common chambering in the EG.