Savage 99

[RNE228]

Me too. Have two in 300 Sav; need to branch out a little

Congratulations. A 99 in 250-3000 is on my bucket list.

[golfish]

I grew up talking about this gun, I've always wanted one. I can't explain why I don't have one now.

[Jjwisled]

I've got two 99s one in 308 and the other in 250-3000. Both are a ton of fun to shoot. The 308 kicks pretty good haha

[23's Dad]

Nice Catch! I really like my 99 in 308. I don't shoot it as often as I should.

[DragonDJ11]

Thanks. It will actually start its official jail time tonight. The other gun I ordered is finally in and I am going to start DROS shortly. Just wish I did not have to wait.

Oh well. Going to be a really fun day at the range soon

[Darto]

The 99E was Economy version without the schnable front end. The C model has a clip instead of a rotary magazine.

[TurboChrisB]

That rifle looks to be in really nice shape. As they are and have always been primarily hunting rifles, I think the majority of them have fairly low round counts so you'll likely be just fine. And that price is about as cheap as they get.

I have a 99 in .308 that I got from my dad....he got it from his dad in the early 50's. Growing up in Utah and Nevada as the son of a cattle rancher that rifle took a LOT of deer. He hunted with it for almost 50 years. It's also the first firearm I ever shot and you just can't put a price on that.

[DragonDJ11]

No you can't. Definitely a special one there. I will always wonder what the story behind the one I am getting is.

LGS also has an older 300 Savage in. They were really busy so I did not look closer. Not nearly as nice condition, but it is tempting. LOL

[RNE228]

300 Savage is a very nice round. It is available, although all I find is 150gr. I have reloading dies and brass, but have not started reloading.

The 300 Sav is what the 308 Winchester is based on. They had to lengthen the neck, up the pressure a bit, and a little bit of other tuning for it to feed in machine guns.

With a tiny bit more powder capacity, and higher pressure rating, the 308 has a little higher velocity for the same bullet.

Given how close 300 Sav and 308 are, I would look at one of the other cartridges. As mentioned earlier, the 250 Savage is on a few of our wish lists. That is another really nice cartridge, that was used as the base for the 22-250 varmint cartridge; hence the "250" in the 22-250.

No you can't. Definitely a special one there. I will always wonder what the story behind the one I am getting is.

LGS also has an older 300 Savage in. They were really busy so I did not look closer. Not nearly as nice condition, but it is tempting. LOL

[DragonDJ11]

Yep, but it is still tempting. I will look at it again if it is still there, but not going to purchase any time soon. I just bought this one and the H&K P2000, so they already got over a grand from me.

I will keep an eye on what they get in though. You just never know what will walk into there.

[RNE228]

I should have added, that the 300 Savage and 308 were designed to do the same thing; duplicate the 30-06 in military load.

300 Savage just did it in 1920, compared to 308 in 1952.

Both were close, although the early 300 Savage struggled to meet 30-06 velocities because the powders were not available in 1920 to do that.

[DragonDJ11]

Honestly, if I like this rifle as much as I think I will, I may just buy multiples of each lol. Funds permitting of course

[Rgarbarino]

My dad has one in 300 savage that he got from my grandfather. Could be mine, all I have to do is ask since he hasn't used it forever and it just sits in a gun locker.

[DragonDJ11]

I wish there were still family heirlooms that could be passed on. My uncle sold all my grandfather's guns to fund his drug issues. Including my grandfather's service weapon that he carried for many years as a sheriff

[DragonDJ11]

So I pick her up on Friday evening and we went to the range on Sat. Set up a target at 50 yards. There was no bench rest and every shot was off hand and standing, but was able to place every round on the 6" target. To say I am pleased would be an under statement. She shot where I pointed and I believe she will serve me wonderfully for a long time.
Only downside came after shooting several rounds, the rotary mag jammed up and was not pushing the next round up. Either it just really needs a new cleaning or I am going to need to replace a spring. Goes with the territory of buying used I guess. All in all, great trip to the range.