Dad's Savage 99m

[highpower]

Very nice!

I remember the .284 Winchester. That is a hot round that would fit right in with today's short magnums.

I recently picked up a Savage 99F in .308 for a reasonable price. As soon as I can trust my knee not to give out on me I am going to take it out as see what the old girl can do.

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[Garand Hunter]

Its great how the guys on this site reach out to help each other !

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[bergmen]

Guys, I have been looking for motivation to learn how to reload and I think my situation and your suggestions are the perfect scenario for me to start doing so.

I have an RCBS partner press. Will that work for rifle loadings? Will 9 1/2m primers work?

If anybody is selling .284 components PM me.

Thanks again guys!

A Partner Press is perfectly fine for loading rifle (or handgun) ammo. I believe you will need large rifle primers so if 9 1/2m are large rifle, you are good to go.

Dan

[Fjold]

The .284 is one of the most sought after chamberings in the Savage 99. People look for those all over and pay a premium for them when they find them.

[Spyder]

I don't see any other 284 winchester cartridges anywhere, so maybe my memory is just adding on the Mag part. Haven't looked at it in many years. Either way, when I get home and look at the ammo, if it's the right stuff and you want it, it's yours, OP.

[LindenBruce]

I have my dad's Winchester M100. I WONT EVER get ride of that good old girl. OR his M12 shotgun. Both in really good shape. Treasure it forever. B.

[DudeFromTheWest]

Very cool always fun to see one in something other than 308 or 300 Savage.

284 Win is one I never heard of till now but looks sweet, its almost like a 6.8 SPC.

300 Sav is an awesome round. While I did not have a M99 in it, I had a Remington Mod 81 in 300 Sav. Pretty much was the predecessor to the 308.

[golfish]

OP, that's so cool. Got to love the model 99...
I'm going to get me one of those some day...

[Bladewurk]

Awesome rifle, I have a .308 and a “big bore “ haha.. in .358 Winchester..the Brush Gun. I just bought dies and neck up .308. No big deal

[Wyatt Burp]

Awesome rifle, I have a .308 and a “big bore “ haha.. in .358 Winchester..the Brush Gun. I just bought dies and neck up .308. No big deal

I think any model in .358 gets a premium now since they probably were considered too hard kicking for the little Featherweight and fewer sold, but I never shot the caliber in any rifle.
Here's a chart from an extensive Doug Murray article in the 1982 G&A Annual. This was my go to bible when checking out 99s in pawn shops in the early 90s when they sold for $175-$250 on a regular basis being ignored by gun buyers. Though the article is mostly about the older guns, this chart is from 1961 onward showing the eight versions available. The Monte Carlo stock gun is the "Model DL" and 1961 was the start of the tang safeties. No mention about the letter "M". And gold triggers were added in '61 but I'm not sure if all guns had them to the end. I doubt it.I hope this is readable...

[bergmen]

99DL was the model I bought while a senior in high school in the late 60s. I seem to remember it had a gold trigger but I can't swear to that. Mont Carlo stock. I loved the rotary magazine, easy to know capacity with the counter window.

One of the advantages of the rotary magazine that is seldom mentioned is the ease of the motion of the action. With spring loaded box magazines, there is drag on the under side of the bolt when the action is opened by the cartridges being pushed up, the fuller the magazine, the more drag.

Not so with the rotary.

Dan

[Fishwishin]

[bergmen]

I found this while searching:

"Oh ya, if it's stamped "99M" it's a model 99DL. The M was for the monte carlo buttstock. Came with a aluminum buttplate and factory sling swivels."

https://www.savageshooters.com/showthread.php?60235-Savaga-99M-308-Rotary-Magazine

Dan

[BOBGBA]

"while the receivers on Models 99F, 99PE, and the 99DE were marked '99M' this is not a model designation. Rather, the "M" barrel designation indicated Monte Carlo stock."

Source - S.P. Fjestad's Blue Book of Gun Values

[choprzrul]

284 Win brass in stock.

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