Savage 99

[stateguy]

Old gun that intrigues me. See some of them for reasonable prices on gunsamerica and gunbroker. Anyone have experience with one? Other thoughts about them?

 

[troy_mclure]

Very good guns, very smooth actions. Not a strong action, but for standard loads its fine.

 

[sandman7925]

Some claim the best lever action ever made

 

[Tx_oil]

They were built for 90+ years. My father has one in .300 Savage he bought new in mid-70's, very smooth balanced rifle. I have seen some with really outstanding quality furniture from the factory...tiger maple etc. Classic American rifle.

 

[philup]

I actual have a 303 savage made in 1919-1920 according to the serial number .. its not in the best shape so not worth much money wise but worth a lot to me since it was my great great grandfather's .. I'd love to shoot it but not going to take a chance on it ..

 

[gunner_lee]

My brother has my Dad's .30-30 Savage 99. .30-30 was a special order when the rifle was manufactured- we looked it up on the Savage collector's website according to serial number and downloaded the PDF of the original sales flyer showing the choice for calibers. It has a lyman flip-up for the rear sight with 2 flip-up ring sights at the muzzle and halfway down the barrel. Flip them down and there's an ivory bead. Flip them up and it's a ring with a dot on a post. Brother wants to use it to get a deer this year then I get it back for a while.

 

[Coonie]

Nice smooth actions. had a 99C series A in .308win with two detachable mags, but somebody wanted it more than me. I hope they enjoy it.

 

[BayouSlide]

I picked up a 99F carbine in .308 a year or two ago. It is probably as strong a lever action as you could ask for, and the rotary magazine was far ahead of its time, allowing ammo that would be unsafe in a tubular magazine. Beautifully made and engineered. Another example of a firearm that would be ridiculously expensive to make today.

Even with its shorter barrel, mine will drive 150 gr Sierra round nose bullets to 2565 FPS from 44.5 grs of Varget with excellent accuracy for a hunting firearm at the ranges for which it was designed.

They were a classic deep woods deer rifle up in the Adirondack Mountains where I grew up.

 

[deadidunn]

Mine uncle has used a model 99 in .243 as long as I can remember. I owned a 308 for about 6 years or so. Both are super accurate and very dependable, however I grew to where I didn't care for the action. They're stiff at beginning and just before close when it locks in.

 

[BayouSlide]

They're stiff at beginning and just before close when it locks in.

That's a function of the strength of the lock up. Kinda cool actually to feel this in a lever gun...more like the feel of a solid bolt action, in a way.