Or 30-06
The Life and Times of the Savage Model 99, One of Americas Greatest Lever Action
- Thread starter kc34
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Or 30-06
It occurred to me that producing a rifle in a readily available Milsurp cartridge would not be a boon for ammunition sales from domestic suppliers.
madtrapper143
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Steep Rock Lake NWO
The 99 action could not handle the .30-06 due to dimension and pressure. A proto type was built but the 99' s locking system would not handle it safely. Sometime in the late 1950's the action was lengthened and strengthened but .308 and .243 cartridges were the limit.
Darryl
Darryl
Thanks, I didn't know that they tried it rejected it. The 30-06 is close to 1/2" longer than the 308 so I guess the 308 was as long as they would extend the action. Too bad.
Having a .300 Savage in those years must of been like holding a spaceship. There would be no .308 without the .300 Savage! Still today a .300 Savage is nothing to sneeze at in the deer woods. Imagine a .300 Savage rifle loaded with modern bullets like 125gr accubond or 130gr TTSX. These old rifles would get a second chance at life with new modern handloads! Black bears no problem!
The Outsider
CGN Regular
Check out my thread for some good .300 Savage loads....
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1906362-300-Savage-pet-loads
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1906362-300-Savage-pet-loads
Bubba Yugga
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Midwestern Ontario
Interestingly, even though the Savage 1895 precursor and the subsequent Model 1899 had .30 caliber bores (.308 grooves), Arthur Savage believed that stuffing a .311 projectile would produce higher pressures and velocities. The .303 Savage cartridge was in fact initially loaded with .311 bullets for about the first half dozen years of its existence before giving up on that notion and settling in with .308 projo's thereafter.
Quote "I have 2
1 a 250-3000 with internal magazine
1 a 308 with box magazine
they have both gone into the never sell until I am dead safe"
And then one day you realize maybe Savage Fever has got you! You only have a group pic of half of them because your always waiting for C Post to (seriously) drop one at your door!
But then you think the Fever isn't all that bad when your hunt turns up a BNIB unfired .243 or a 7-08 with as nice wood as a PE/DE.
1 a 250-3000 with internal magazine
1 a 308 with box magazine
they have both gone into the never sell until I am dead safe"
And then one day you realize maybe Savage Fever has got you! You only have a group pic of half of them because your always waiting for C Post to (seriously) drop one at your door!
But then you think the Fever isn't all that bad when your hunt turns up a BNIB unfired .243 or a 7-08 with as nice wood as a PE/DE.
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- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Here's a factory 99 PE you don't see these to often.
308win.
That reminds me of Robert Duvall's rifle in Joe Kidd.
The 'new' Model A, not to be confused with the old A was made in 1971, .243/250/300Sav,375wcf (scarce) and 308 in straight stock. Also in 1970 was the 75Anniversary of the 1895 Sav and they were straight stocked with a bit of receiver (model 1895) engraving and a fairly large medallion in the stock in .308 only.
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
I've only owned 2 of the 99's, both model A style. My first one was in 250-3000 which was a decent shooter, but only with the lighter 87 gr bullets due to the slow 1 in 14 twist barrel. My second one was in 375 Win that was very fast on game and a hard hitter with the 250 gr factory loads on big stuff like moose & bears. I sold that rifle to an amigo's father who got 3 nice moose with 'er. Nice rifles overall, but for me, I've generally gone with hammer guns like the Win 92 & 94's.
