.300 caliber savage99

[Coasthunterjay]

well i just recently inherited a savage99 that works but is in need of a face lift and other work.

it looks fine besides it looks used and old but it had a broken stock that was never replaced and am looking everywher for a new one.

i would also like to re-blue it and maybe completely make a new stock in fancy grained wood.

please i am looking for different ideas and suggestions to make this old cannon a beauty and bring the price value up to where it should be.
if you have any interesting information on this rifle or like toying with and fixing older guns then let me know what you would do....thanks a bunch, AJ

[jackelope]

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/ubb/postlist/Board/40/page/1

http://www.savageshooters.com/

savageshooters you have to pay a little bit for, but it's good apparently.

[dbllunger]

Try Brownells. Don't go crazy with the re-do.  Could actually decrease the value of the gun. 

[Idabooner]

I have one, nice rifle. Several years ago the stock developed a crack and glue would not hold it for long. Couldn't find a new one so had a stock maker make a new stock, the wood don't match perfect with the forearm but the bucks never notice that.

[Skyvalhunter]

Heck I am sure Bone has an extra gun or 2, 3, 4,or even 5!!!

[MikeWalking]

Try Brownells. Don't go crazy with the re-do.  Could actually decrease the value of the gun. 

I was channel surfing the other night and caught Antiques Roadshow as a gun owner came on...hm??  He had a Civil War era Henry Rifle, just a light trace of rust on the barrel, good brass......value was given....58,000$$!! Part of the advice given was not to reblue it.

Spotted a Marlin Lever action take down 38-55 half round- half octagon barrel. Heavily scrolled 1 of 50, can't remember the year...the owner was not a gun guy, got it from granddad years before went pale hearing 8,ooo$

[Coasthunterjay]

I have one, nice rifle. Several years ago the stock developed a crack and glue would not hold it for long. Couldn't find a new one so had a stock maker make a new stock, the wood don't match perfect with the forearm but the bucks never notice that.

yeah idabooner did you get the work done around the tacomma/south i-5 area?  i found a replacement from a broken stock that had been fixed from a stock maker. he guarenteed the fix and aam buying it for 50$bones.....

so far dont reblue, have new stock.......anybody know anything about this thing?

[Coasthunterjay]

will i need to buy special ammo for this old of a rifle or do i just put any kind of .300 caliber ammo in it?

[MikeWalking]

Pretty sure the .300 Savage was their own creation. I remember reading that when the 99 came out it would be 50+ years before anyone made ammo near close to it's limits.

Had a chance to buy a Model 99 in .308 (had a scope on it  ) Found it in a pawn shop for 300$? kicking my self now..

[Slenk]

Check on E-bay there were some stock there the other day .
If it says 300 savage, thats what you buy most any where. No 303 or 300 magnum .
Do not reblue if you want to retain the value.
.300 savage will shoot pretty close to .308 winchester .

[Sagedawg]

Hey Coasthunter, theres a write up in this months Shooting Times magazine about the Savage 99 and the gun the writer shot was chambered in the 300 Savage.Good article, if you get a chance try to get a copy.


Sage

[bobcat]

Ammo shouldn't be hard to find. As Slenk says, if it says "300 Savage" then that's what you need. Most stores should carry it. It's not an uncommon cartridge. But yeah, no other 30 caliber cartridges will fit. Don't try it! 

[WAcoueshunter]

Yup, lots of .300 Savage ammo out there.  The basic remington cartridges should be about $15/box.  A Model 99 .300 Savage was my first rifle...talked a pawn shop out of it off-season for $125 in the mid 80's when I was 12.  All of my hunting mentors (including my dad) shot one, so of course I had to have one too!     That thing shoots better at 100 yards than anything I've owned.  That being said, I went to a .270 Model 700 after awhile so I could poke a little further out.  Still have my Model 99 though...can't imagine ever getting rid of that thing. 

[Bookworm]

I've got one I inherited from my grandfather. It's been sitting in my closet for at least 20 years. I finally got a scope for it this summer. I never did find a load that would shoot consistent out of it. It sure is a neat gun though. Just wish he wouldn't have shortened the stock.

[Idabooner]

Coasthunter, the guy that made my stock was just a local guy that worked on guns for a hobby.  Like every body says factory ammo should be easy to find, I hand load for mine.  The only problem I know of with that model is they can develop to much head space, so if you hand load check the inside of the brass down next to the head for separation. I run a nut pick inside the brass and feel for a separation starting.

[AWS]

Bookworm is your 99 a 250-3000 or 300 Savage?  All of the older 250's had a 1-14 twist and are marginal at stabilizing the 100gr factory load, they work best with 87gr flatbase bullets.  Some days I think Savages rifleing machine got out of whack and there are some 250's out there that are 1-15.  My 250 hates 100gr factory loads but comes on real nice with 75's and 87's.  I have Savages 1899 & 99's in 25-35, 250-3000, 308 and 375 Win.  Love the old girls.  I also shoot a Rem 722 in 300 Savage.

AWS

[Bookworm]

Mine is a 300 savage. Just haven't had any time to get out to the range lately. I will get it figured out sooner or later.

[PNWCOONASS]

Man I would sure like to fine a newer stock for mine as well.  I inherited it from my father in-law.  It's been in their family for many years (Montana).  IT started out as my wife's grandmothers gun.  The original stock was too long for it so her grandfather cut off probably 2-3" of it.  then it became he moms gun.  then she got it in high school.  She has shot more deer and antelope with it than me.  then I got it and killed my first mulley with it... Pretty cool

I found that 165 grains works best for grouping...

[jackelope]

here's a stock on e-bay for a 99....20 hours left to go, $120 and change currently

http://cgi.ebay.com/SAVAGE-MODEL-99-BUTT-STOCK_W0QQitemZ290204706626QQihZ019QQcategoryZ73951QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem