Savage bug bit me - 99H Carbine .250-3000

[s&wchad]

A gentleman walked by my tables at the Michigan Antique Arms Collectors show this past weekend carrying a rifle case and this was inside. When he walked away, he had most of my cash!

I've wanted to add a good Savage 99 to add to my collection for quite a while and this will do. I believe it dates to 1937.

 

[thndrchiken]

Sweet, very nice specimen.

 

[Sebago Son]

Rare Savage...

... especially so in .250 Savage.

My youngest son hunts with a 99H in .30-30.

Here he is in Opening Day this year... Thats an honest-to-goodness pre-war Lyman 66SA reciever sight that I found for him. Almost as tough to find as the Carbine it'self...

Drew

 

[NE450No2]

That rifle is in very good shape.

 

[thndrchiken]

When I first started hunting and shooting a local shop had a 99 in 300 Savage, didn't know what a rare find it was at the time and passed it up. I kick myself every time I think about it now.

 

[ACP230]

I would love to run across one of those.
The .250 is my favorite deer caliber.
A family friend had a Savage 99 in .38-55 and that gun made a big impression me as a kid.
I did find a 99 takedown in .22 Hi Power but really wish it was a .250.

 

[roarindan]

mine is a 300 savage. I just looked at mine, (we went for a walk in the woods Sat.) dont think its as old as yours, but my lever isn't as charcoal colored as your's. do you think the lever was replaced??

 

[redlevel]

Mine is a 99A. Savage made a run of them in about 1973. I put this one on layaway at the old Accuracy Gun Shop in Columbus, Georgia. I paid on it by the week all Summer, getting it out just before opening day. I must have killed 30-40 deer with it over the years. Been awhile now, though.

 

[gregintenn]

Man, that is a nice one!

 

[mtelkhntr]

For cripe sakes, don't buy another one and put them together in a dark corner cause they breed like rabbits. I had only one, a 25-35 takedown for about 20 years then I picked up a second one and put them away together. Now when I open the safe, 99's are everywhere. Prolific breeders them 99's are.

 

[Joe Kent]

Truly a very nice addition to your collection.

 

[growr]

My grandfathers favorite rifle was a Savage 99 mfg in 1950-1 in 250-3000 Savage. He always called it his "Meat in the pot gun" I have it and still use it!
Randy

 

[HGWT]

I too have a 250-3000 Savage and I wouldn't part with it for anything.
I used it this past deer season, it is one of the rifle my Dad left my brother and I

 

[H Richard]

That's a nice one!

 

[longranger]

Gorgeous rifle

 

[bigolddave]

Go ahead and put that one in a dark place. I'll send one of mine down to rest with it for a while, and in a couple of months, who knows? I get pick of the litter for the stud fee, but judging from what happens in my gun safe, the litters are pretty good sized.

Seriously, I don't know that I have seen a nicer H. You are a lucky man. I could tell you about the 99 I passed up a month ago, but the tears are bad for my keyboard.

 

[Eltioloco]

Thanks for posting your pictures of your Savage 99. Until recently, these firearms have not been appreciated for the quality of materials and workmanship that they possess. I have always been partial to the carbines. The rifles certainly have graceful lines and fine accuracy, but the carbines balance and handle wonderfully.
Here is mine. A 1909 perch belly carbine. It was owned by a US Marshal who carried it into Mexico in a saddle scabbard, and it shows. He wanted it in .30-30 so he could always get ammunition for it.
Ken

 

[Deacon KC]

There is no more elegant rifle than the 99.