Got the 99C for a very good price and it is like new. Yesterday I traded some 30-30 new primed brass for some new primed 250-3000 brass. I think 250 Sav is almost as hard to find as 32-20...maybe. I recently got the 30-30 brass for 6 cents a piece... The only 250 stuff I had was a box of Win 100 gr Silvertips and an old Win 2 piece box of 250 Savage primed brass. Old tan box with round bottom Win primers...A day or two old. So now I have a 100 pieces of 250 brass.
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That’s a fine 99 to have- IIRC Col Askins used to carry one in 250 Savage in a saddle scabbard in his younger days before getting his hands in a .358 Model 99 in later life which he hunted with in Indochina.
Don't know about this rifle. Not a fan of the 99s. But the price WAS right. And I have always liked the 250. My father in law worked as a timber cutter in the 19 teens,20s and 30s. He was also assigned the job of camp hunter for one company for almost 2 years. He was given a 99 in 22 HiPower; He liked it a lot ..Said it was a "sudden" killer. I had a Ruger 77 250 bored to 250 Ackley Improved. A great deer/antelope round.
I have an old 99 TD with 250 and 300 barrels. Great deer rifle with either barrel.
I just recently sold my 99 in 250. Didn’t have it long enough to hunt. I tracked it down because I had a carbine model long time ago and didn’t
appreciate it. In middle 60s the used racks were full of the old classic Savage, Marlin and Remington deer guns. All the WW2 guys were trading them against the new generation of pretty guns. Winchesters didn’t end up this way until few years later and only in post 64 models.
I knew a guy from Montana that told me his family all hunted everything with Savage 250s. I’ve owned several over the years mostly 300s and 303s. The 99 was a well made rifle. When Savage started circling the bowl in 80s the fit and finish suffered. I had a couple 308 & 243s that weren’t beauty queens but functioned and grouped well.
appreciate it. In middle 60s the used racks were full of the old classic Savage, Marlin and Remington deer guns. All the WW2 guys were trading them against the new generation of pretty guns. Winchesters didn’t end up this way until few years later and only in post 64 models.
I knew a guy from Montana that told me his family all hunted everything with Savage 250s. I’ve owned several over the years mostly 300s and 303s. The 99 was a well made rifle. When Savage started circling the bowl in 80s the fit and finish suffered. I had a couple 308 & 243s that weren’t beauty queens but functioned and grouped well.
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Forming brass for the old Savage 99 calibers is simple. For .250, run .22-250 brass through a .250 die to expand the neck. .303 S cases are simply formed from .30-30 brass. The .30-30 base is a bit small, but I have never had any problems with that. The .300 Savage case is formed from .308 or 7.62 NATO brass. Just run it through a .300 S FL die and cut the neck to length. I have limitless supplies of brass for all three calibers I have formed over the years. I never had a Savage rifle in .22 HP, so I have never tried that. Never turn down a good buy for any .300 Savage rifle just because factory ammunition is difficult to find. Little recognized fact. Firing .300 Savage ammunition in a .308 rifle works fine. The only significant difference between them is the case neck length.
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The Savage 99 is a fantastic add to your collection and the 250 round is a great light to medium game load if kept at the correct yardage.
Antelope, small deer or just 200 yard targets should all be DRT, with that round.
Congratulations on the find and also getting some brass for it.
Antelope, small deer or just 200 yard targets should all be DRT, with that round.
Congratulations on the find and also getting some brass for it.
Savage 99s are great rifles. I own one in .300 Savage - it's a 99EG made in Chicopee Falls in 1951. I wrote it up for inclusion in my book 101 Classic Firearms.
It was ahead of its time in many respects, and in its early era it was one of only two repeating rifles that could accommodate spitzer bullets (The other was the Winchester Model 1895).
John
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It was ahead of its time in many respects, and in its early era it was one of only two repeating rifles that could accommodate spitzer bullets (The other was the Winchester Model 1895).
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Well I do like the caliber. Never really thought about owning a 99. I was a little concerned about ammo brass. In all the brass I have I found about 50 pieces of 22-250 brass. Old brass..all made from F A military brass. From back in my 22 Varminter days. I called my friend back eastern in Md...and he still has some that I made back in the mid 60s too. They didn't make 22-250 then and I had the 06 brass. I remember it took a bit of work to make. But it worked... And rifle brass in Md was something you'd never find. 30-06 was free from Aberdeen Proving Grounds
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There are many brass sizes that can be re-formed from ‘06 cases if necessary, even though there may be better starting points. My first efforts many years ago involved forming 6.5x55 and 8x57 cases from .30-‘06. At that time, new 6.5x55 cases were very nearly unobtainable. Even though the .30-‘06 rim and base diameters are slightly undersized vs. the 6.5, cases formed from ‘06 brass work very well. I even used them for shooting bench rest. In fact, I preferred them to using 6.5 factory brass.
That friend back east was a fellow I taught to reload. I created a monster. I can guarantee he has a ton of 06 and 308 brass. He makes almost anything he wants. I was talking to him yesterday and he said he acquired a Rem Rolling block in some odd 38 cal. I know he'll get 'er figured out and be shooting it. He is one person I will shoot reloads he has done.
I know a gentleman in the area that has ALL the power equipment to make
changes to brass cases and rifles in his garage as well as making custom Black powder rifles and knives.
One gentleman in Utah can make his own bullets as well as a custom rifle
but has to have someone put on the serial number, for it to be legal,
with all the power tolls and equipment that he has on hand.
Yes, some of us do get carried away with "Tinkering".
changes to brass cases and rifles in his garage as well as making custom Black powder rifles and knives.
One gentleman in Utah can make his own bullets as well as a custom rifle
but has to have someone put on the serial number, for it to be legal,
with all the power tolls and equipment that he has on hand.
Yes, some of us do get carried away with "Tinkering".
