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LOT 1055
Incredibly Rare Documented Factory
Presentation Exhibition Quality Panel Scene
Relief Engraved, Gold Inlaid, and Carved Savage
Model 99M/99PE Deluxe Lever Action Rifle in
.308 Winchester, Previously Owned by Savage
CEO Ronald Coburn, as Pictured in “A Collector’s
Guide to the Savage 99 Rifle” and “Savage Model
1895, 1899 & 99 Rifles Volume 2, Engraved and
Special-Feature Models” - Serial no. 1160000, 308
Win cal., 22 inch round bbl., blue/gold/coin finish,
deluxe carved/checkered walnut stock. Offered here
is an incredibly rare and immensely attractive factory
panel scene relief engraved Savage Model 99M/99PE
rifle made for Ronald Coburn while he was CEO of
Savage Arms, serial number 1160000, manufactured
in 1968 according to the production chart on page
136 of the book “A Collector’s Guide to the Savage
99 Rifle” (2016) by David Royal. This exact rifle is also
featured on pages 118-120 of the aforementioned
book, in which a photo caption states that this is
“Ronald Coburn’s custom 99, a highly embellished
99PE.” Page 117 of the book indicates that Ronald
Coburn had retired as CEO of Savage Arms Company
after twenty-five years with the company, in which
he is credited with pulling the company out of
bankruptcy shortly after he took over in the late
1980s.
As pictured & described in A Collector's Guide to the
Savage 99 Rifle & Savage Rifles, Vol. II by Royal
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