When I was active shooting Savage 99s I owned and reloaded for over a dozen of them. As long as the barrels were not hot, some of my 99s were minute of angle 100 yard rifles. I could remove the barrel of my take down .300 Savage mid group without enlarging the group! On the other hand, rifles with a more rigid lock up are better for range bums that spend their week ends developing loads off the bench. Brass life of higher pressure rounds like .308 is very short in Savage 99s. Logically, I should not own a 99, but every time I was smart enough to sell all my 99s I was not without one for long. I have a couple of them in the closet. Other guys have the same problem with Colt Peace Makers.

Since the majority of them only come out of the closet for deer season short brass life does not effect most owners.