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Thoughts on Savage 99 lever in 308?
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Tex1001
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Savage 99 is one of those designs that never should have gone away and everyone missed.
I had a 99 in 308 years ago and traded it. I've been trying to find it ever since. The best I can do is a 99E in 243 and an 1899 take down in 303 savage.
Be advised, if it's a 99C the magazines are cruelly expensive. If it's a rotary mag, you're golden.
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I had a 99 in 308 years ago and traded it. I've been trying to find it ever since. The best I can do is a 99E in 243 and an 1899 take down in 303 savage.
Be advised, if it's a 99C the magazines are cruelly expensive. If it's a rotary mag, you're golden.
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Ivan the Butcher
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Obviously a later model 99. Ammo is plentiful. But the heart and soul of a 99 just doesn't have pressed checkering!
Ivan
Ivan
Would you take one, in late model, in excellent condition, for 753.? With a Leupold 3x on it?
I had one, it hurt to shoot - both shoulder and trigger finger. It was a lightweight model (I think). Model 99C with a detachable magazine, 22-inch barrel.
7.62x51 ammo didn't work - DAG Headstamp (German?) - had to beat the brass out of the chamber with a wooden dowel. But standard .308 ammo worked fine.
My Dad wanted one in .303 Savage, but I found the .308 pretty cheap as it was cosmetically challenged. After we both played with it, I sold it off.
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Good info at these links:
The Savage Model 99
Savage 1895, 1899, and 99
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7.62x51 ammo didn't work - DAG Headstamp (German?) - had to beat the brass out of the chamber with a wooden dowel. But standard .308 ammo worked fine.
My Dad wanted one in .303 Savage, but I found the .308 pretty cheap as it was cosmetically challenged. After we both played with it, I sold it off.
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Good info at these links:
The Savage Model 99
Savage 1895, 1899, and 99
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Great, nostalgic guns.
I've owned two 99 Fs, a .243 and a .308. I also had one in .300 Savage but I forgot the specific model. The .300 Savage was considerably more accurate than the other two.They're great woods guns but my experience with this model indicated that they were not capable of great accuracy. The .308 also had some stinging recoil. In comparison, my Winchester Model 88 in .308, which many shooters love to hate, could easily hold three rounds under a nickel on the 100-yard bench.
Yet, I miss having a Model 99 and I'd like to have one in an obsolete or hard-to-get caliber, such as another .300 Savage or a .358 Winchester.
I've owned two 99 Fs, a .243 and a .308. I also had one in .300 Savage but I forgot the specific model. The .300 Savage was considerably more accurate than the other two.They're great woods guns but my experience with this model indicated that they were not capable of great accuracy. The .308 also had some stinging recoil. In comparison, my Winchester Model 88 in .308, which many shooters love to hate, could easily hold three rounds under a nickel on the 100-yard bench.
Yet, I miss having a Model 99 and I'd like to have one in an obsolete or hard-to-get caliber, such as another .300 Savage or a .358 Winchester.
If you don't like the Browning, by all means try the Savage.
I've had 4 over the years: .250-3000, .243 and 2 .308s. Loved the .250 and wish I had it back. Never shot the .243 (cruddy painted birch stock) Traded into it, traded out of it. The standard model .308 was a beauty, but recoil was too much for my bride and it was traded for a Winchester 100 in the same caliber. The other .308 was some kind of anniversary production with an octagon barrel and a crescent butt. Killed at both ends. I was shooting lightweight .45-70s for fun back then, but I still could not bear to load the magazine a second time on that 99.
If I could get into a 99 in .300, .250 or .308 for under a house payment now, I'd jump on it.
I've had 4 over the years: .250-3000, .243 and 2 .308s. Loved the .250 and wish I had it back. Never shot the .243 (cruddy painted birch stock) Traded into it, traded out of it. The standard model .308 was a beauty, but recoil was too much for my bride and it was traded for a Winchester 100 in the same caliber. The other .308 was some kind of anniversary production with an octagon barrel and a crescent butt. Killed at both ends. I was shooting lightweight .45-70s for fun back then, but I still could not bear to load the magazine a second time on that 99.
If I could get into a 99 in .300, .250 or .308 for under a house payment now, I'd jump on it.
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It couldn’t possibly kick harder, nor be more unpleasant to haul on shoulder, than the gun i’m Thinking of offering up in trade. I’m so over that rifle. 7mm mag does nothing for me in the north woods that this savage wouldn’t.
Thank you for your input and I am going to.
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I hunted with 99Fs in .243 and .300 for several years. Then I got a gap in college educations for daughters and changed over to costlier (but not better) rifles.
One of my great gun regrets is that in the early eighties, I was offered a jewel of a 99 takedown .250 Savage in an original leg of lamb travel case. The price was not a steal, but certainly not outrageous. The rifle was in high condition and showed little use..........
Jack
One of my great gun regrets is that in the early eighties, I was offered a jewel of a 99 takedown .250 Savage in an original leg of lamb travel case. The price was not a steal, but certainly not outrageous. The rifle was in high condition and showed little use..........
Jack
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Absalom
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Mine had exactly the same fussiness: great with standard commercial .308 hunting ammo, not happy with any surplus military 7.62mm.
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.
Since the majority of them only come out of the closet for deer season short brass life does not effect most owners.
Double-O-Dave
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I bought my Savage 99c a few years ago. The existing recoil pad was as hard as a rock, so I added a Limbsaver recoil pad and a Nikon scope. The piece will shoot dime-sized groups from a rest at 100 yards with factory 150 gr. JSP ammo. I've taken several does with it, as well as a small hog. I'm very fond of this rifle. Tex1001 is correct in his comment about the magazines (well said, by the way). The magazine, unless it's being reloaded/unloaded lives in the rifle's magazine well. Maybe I'm nuts, but I specifically choose the 99c for the detachable magazine feature.
Regards,
Dave
Regards,
Dave
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BearBio
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I have a pretty well "bubba'd" 300 Savage we use for a camp rifle. Was my wife's first big game rifle 30 years ago.
Nothing great but goes "bang" every time and hits where you point it!
Nothing great but goes "bang" every time and hits where you point it!
I have 4, one .308, a pre war .250 and two pre war .300s. Love them all. I'd trade off the 7mm in a heartbeat.
MichiganScott
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I inherited my aunt's Model 99 in .308 with a Schnabel tip and a straight stock. She had the stock cut down to fit her, so there is only sentimental value.
It came with a cheap Bushnell 4x in see-through mount. I ripped the scope and mount off, planing to change it to a low mount and better scope. Darned if the rifle didn't handle like a fine shotgun. I never replaced the scope and have killed two deer with it when I felt like hunting with my aunt.
It came with a cheap Bushnell 4x in see-through mount. I ripped the scope and mount off, planing to change it to a low mount and better scope. Darned if the rifle didn't handle like a fine shotgun. I never replaced the scope and have killed two deer with it when I felt like hunting with my aunt.
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