savage 99

[whitetail1]

anyone use a model 99 and what caliber

[Setters4life]

anyone use a model 99 and what caliber

I HOPE to use mine someday. It's been a safe queen for the last ten years or so which is when I bought it from someone's collection. It goes to the range occasionally, but that's about it. I think they are classic rifles. 

Pre-war 1939 99R in .300 Savage:

[Lawdwaz]

I don't have one and if I did I'd sell it!   

Seriously, they are cool rifles and they must have been an engineering marvel at the time of manufacture.  I remember an older guy that we hunted PA with every year that used one.  I would always chuckle to myself at the "old timer" with a gun I would never carry.  Well, every time a buck went by him, it got a free ride out of the woods.  Never missed with the Model 99.  I believe it was a .308 but can't be sure.

Another friend of mine just went crazy a few months ago and bought 7 or 8 Model 99's from a local seller and online.  He went bonkers for them!!

[Karpteach]

I had one around 15 years ago. Could not get it to group under 4-5 inches. It was a .308 (love that cartridge). Had a hard time selling it. Finally got a wonderful shooting Sako Finnwolf. Have not shot anything else since.

[biggamefish]

  i PICKED UP A SAVAGE 308 RECENTLY.  I PUT A NEW SCOPE ON IT AND SEEMS TO BE A NICE SHOOTING GUN.  HAVN'T HUNTED WITH IT YET BUT PLAN TO SOON.

[JGaruti3]

I have a new Savage 10...great rifle.  Really like it....Im sure the 99 is a great gun. Savage is a great manufacturer.

[Mr VJP]

Got a nifty little mint condition Pre-War 99 in 250-3000.  It's a tack driver.

But it's not for hunting with, it's just for looking at!

[solon]

i have a model 99 in the .303 caliber - hard to find ammo since it's not made anymore - have to reload.

if anyone knows of anyone that has any .303 let me know !

[Mr VJP]

Go to www.gunbroker.com and search under rifle ammo for 303 Savage.  There are about 6 boxes of ammo available from 2 different sellers.  Be ready for about $40 per box with shipping though.

[solon]

thanks mr vjp

[Mr VJP]

You're Welcome.  I think if you do a Google search on the web you will find more sellers.  Another good site to check is www.auction arms.com.

[jimbodwb]

Hey solon, I have a box of .303 that I posted in the items for sale section. send me a message if ya want em.

[bubba]

I now own two savage 99's both pre mil  one in 300 which was my dad's.  he bought it new in 1949.  I just loaded some 150 grainers for tonight with IMR 4895.  The othe ris a pre mil in 250-3000 savage. This cartridge is now known s the 250 savage.  This one was my mothers. I have inherited both.  The 99 has a scope on it, the 250 has open sights.  I have taken a few deer with the 300, but none yet with the 250-3000.  I prefer to look at them and fondly remember the times  I had in my younger years hunting with my family. I reload for both and both shoot very well

[bubba]

I took a doe with the model 99 300 savage this evening.  paced off 125 yards. I was usung 150 grain hornady bullets with 39 grains of IMR 4895.  Well long story short she fell in a pile.  I love the caliber.  I havd a barrel custom made fo rmy encore, but sold it.  I kick my butt ever since. 

[covert]

Quality Cartridge http://www.qual-cart.com/ loads .303 Savage with the correct headstamp.  I bought a couple boxes for my brother and it seems to shoot well.

I don't know if you ever go to the gunshow at the fairgrounds in Syracuse but there is a guy there (usually in one of the side rooms) who sells all the reloaded ammo; I asked him one time and he told me he made brass and loaded them from .30-30 brass.  He said he only did it for himself if I remember correctly, because they had the wrong headstamp and he didn't want someone to try to use them in, or reload them for, a .30-30 and have an accident.

[bubba]

I resized some 308 into 300 savage.  I am not sure about the 303, but the 300 is a rimless cartridge, and the 30-30 is rimmed, so it would not work. Actually the 308 was a resized 300 savage with a longer neck.  It is an awesome cartridge.

[covert]

There are and have been a bunch of Model 99s in our camp.  It's a shame they quit making them.  Mine's a .30-30 takedown made in Utica.

The .303 is a rimmed cartridge.

http://www.savage99.com/ammo.htm

[bubba]

thank you for the information. My brother had a 30-30 takedown my ncle left him. Unfortuntely his need for illegal narcotics outweighed the need for the gun.