![]() ![]() ![]() In 1899, Savage offered to convert any existing Model 1895 rifle or carbine to Model 1899 configuration for a $5 fee. Later refinements to the Model 1895 design led to the Model 1899, whose name was changed to the Model 99 with the introduction of the 300 Savage cartridge in 1921. Similarly, the Model 1895 musket won a contract for arming the Mexican Army in 1897, but again had to cancel - this time due to lack of a factory to produce the rifles. Political controversy and the offer of free rifles from the US Army led to the cancellation of the contract, and the New York National Guard was therefore equipped with obsolete single-shot Trapdoor Springfield rifles during the Spanish–American War. 30-40 Krag was the winner of an 1896 competition for a New York National Guard rifle contract, beating out the Winchester Model 1895 and several other rifles. Followed by the Model 1893 prototypes, that evolved into the Model 1895 whose prototypes and design was done by Colt's Manufacturing Company and production rifles made by Marlin Firearms. The Model 1892 was never put into production (and indeed pre-dated the actual establishment of the Savage Repeating Arms Company the Model 1892 was a collaborative venture between Arthur Savage and probably the E.W. The Krag–Jørgensen was chosen over the Savage and other models. Army when they were looking to replace the Springfield Model 1873 trapdoor rifle. The earliest predecessor of the Model 1895 was the Model 1892, and it was one of the contending rifle models offered to the U.S. The Savage 99 in Scientific American Volume 85 Number 10 (September 1901) The rifle was extremely popular with big game hunters and was even issued to the Montreal Home Guard during the First World War. The Model 99 family featured a unique rotary magazine, and later added some detachable magazine models. ![]() The Savage Model 99, Model 1899, and their predecessor the model 1895 are a series of hammerless lever action rifles created by the Savage Arms Company in Utica, New York. Later models had provisions for mounting rifle scopes Open iron sights, tang or receiver-mounted aperture sights. ![]() Rotary six-shot magazine, later models had a detachable box magazine. ![]()
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