what to do with a Savage 99 in. 22HP with the barrel shot out

[Slooshark1]

I have a friend that's looking for ideas of something he could do with his Savage 99 in. 22HP. Can he Rebore it or have it sleeved or something. Any ideas?

 

[c-fbmi]

Could have it bored and rechambered to 25-35 or any other caliber based on a 30-30 case, or 303 Sav if he wants rare.

 

[mbogo3]

Apparently a re-bore to 30-30 needs no magazine alterations.Could a take off .223 barrel be rechambered to .219 Zipper.That way he could use .224 bullets and 30-30 brass? Harold

 

[struff55]

You can do anything if u want to spend the $ 's . Non of the things u mention will be inexpensive

 

[tiriaq]

Rebarrelling or reboring would likely cost more than the rifle is worth.
Has he cleaned it with a really good copper cutting solvent? Sometimes a barrel that looks shot out is just loaded with metal fouling.

 

[SHELL SHUCKER]

I'd go the rebore to .25-35 through Ron Smith if the rest of the rifle is sound.

 

[burnt_servo]

anyone know what kind of threads are on the 99 ?

maybe there is a production barrel that has enough meat on the shank to rethread and install ?

 

[ranman50]

Part it out and buy a complete rifle. You will save the headaches and have more cash in the end. These came with two thread styles, interrupted and continuous . You can tell by looking at the thread in receiver. Interrupted thread the barrel goes in and turns ninety degrees . Continuous screws in like a regular bolt. Great guns and a ton of fun to shoot.

 

[Boomer]

I'd have it rebarreled with a .224 barrel and retain the .22 HP chamber, just don't shoot any .228s in it.

 

[c-fbmi]

UUUHHHH....Boomer, I do believe that makes it a 219 Zipper.................

 

[mbogo3]

What I said......get a rem 700 take-off barrel and rechamber...is the 99 a takedown or solid frame?...Harold

 

[Boomer]

UUUHHHH....Boomer, I do believe that makes it a 219 Zipper.................

Its close alright, and although the cartridge diagram dimensions don't agree exactly, the differences might be small enough not to matter in the case of rimmed cartridges. But then again when one considers that head spacing problems can occur with very small differences in cartridge and chamber dimensions, maybe that heavy old Dominion HP brass fired in the original chamber wouldn't fit so well in a Zipper chamber cut with a modern reamer. Nothing that couldn't be resolved with a new .219 die set though.

 

[mbogo3]

If the .223 Rem barrel has a 1-9 twist you could use the plentiful heavier bullets .I'm thinking X Bullets and 60gr Partitions for medium sized game depending on you're area's laws.The original .22 IMP should have had a 1-10 twist to start with and a .224 bullet .Easy to be a Monday morning quarterback I guess.Harold

 

[b72471]

WHAT TO DO WITH A SHOT OUT SAV99 HP??? How do you know it is shot out barrel???
enjoy

 

[c-fbmi]

If the .223 Rem barrel has a 1-9 twist you could use the plentiful heavier bullets .I'm thinking X Bullets and 60gr Partitions for medium sized game depending on you're area's laws.The original .22 IMP should have had a 1-10 twist to start with and a .224 bullet .Easy to be a Monday morning quarterback I guess.Harold

Negative on that MB3...........1-10 twist possibly but most definitely a .227-8 bullet and usually a 1-12 twist I thought. This one was one of Charles Newton's designs while working for Savage.

 

[mbogo3]

Well..........Ken Waters had a custom 1-10 bolt action in .22HP that would shoot Hornady 70gr.227 While the Savage 99 with a 1-12 would not as the bullet ogive was too long creating bullet yawing.It shot the shorter 70gr Speer and old Dominion just fine. As well Speer 63gr/.224 shot respectable in the 99. I see no reason a .219 Zipper 1-9 would not shoot the same 70-80gr bullets in .224? Point is the Hornady 70gr bullet was too long for the 1-12 barrel . On another note Newton wanted a heavier 100gr bullet in the 250-3000 but Savage wanted to break 3000fps for marketing hype so dropped it to 87gr.the rest is history. Harold