Savage Model 99 - Wikipedia. 
Arthur W. Savage is best known as the originator of one of our finest lever-action sporting rifles. Virtually forgotten today was his burning desire to become a supplier of rifles to the United States military. His efforts began in 1890 with the submission of two .30 caliber rifles of lever-action, rotary-magazine design for testing at the U.S. Army military base on Governors Island, New York.
They were described as “revolving cylinder” weapons with a cartridge capacity of nine rounds and weighing 10.25 pounds. The musket-style stock was of two-piece design with the fore-end extending almost to the muzzle of a 28-inch barrel. Unfortunately for Savage, his rifle was rejected in favor of the Model 1892 Krag-Jorgensen. While it failed as a military rifle, the Savage design went on to great success among American hunters, first as the Model 1895 and later as the Model 1899.
Savage Model 1920 - Wikipedia
Savage Model 1920: The First Lightweight Mountain Rifle - RifleShooter
The second opportunity for Savage to submit a rifle for testing by the U.S. military came around 1916, a couple of years after Germany declared war on Russia and France and invaded Belgium. Even though the U.S. government had declared a policy of neutrality, U.S. military leaders saw a different handwriting on the wall as the stockpile of 1903 Springfield rifles was uncomfortably low. When the first U.S expeditionary force led by Gen. John J. Pershing arrived on the Western Front during summer of 1918, it became obvious that the production of Springfield rifles at the Rock Island Armory and the Springfield Armory could not meet the demand of an extended involvement in the war. And so the search was on for a supplementary supplier of rifles.
Bolt-action rifles submitted by Savage for testing were chambered for the .30-06 cartridge, and from a distance they appeared to be slightly modified versions of the 1903 Springfield. Closer examination revealed an action more like that of the 1898 Mauser. Poor old Arthur struck out again when the U.S. military ignored his entry and adopted the 1917 Enfield instead. Undaunted, Savage shortened the action 1.25 inches for his .250-3000 and .300 Savage cartridges and during 1920 introduced the Model 1920 rifle in an advertisement in Arms and the Man (forerunner of American Rifleman) as “The rifle you have always wanted.”. Firearms History, Technology & Development: Rotary Magazines
We often do not see the losers in military competitions only the winners and the guns they spawned. Savage is on said second place finisher with a nine round rotary magazine rifle. Savage tried not once but twice failing both times. one failure becoming a popular hunting rifle.