I've jsut transferred a few "farm" guns to my name as my "grandfather in law" had his POL expire and the grandson who lives on the farm hasn't submitted the paperwork for his PAL yet. So I'm the interim owner now.
One is avery well used Savage 99 in 30-30. I don't know how old it is, but it's pretty old. Serial # 324### It's mostly been used to put down cows for the last few decades, and has hung in a shop off the barn.
I have no reason to suspect that anything is wrong with the firearm form a safety standpoint- It's a nice, robust rifle that could use a little TLC. While I've shot a few 99's, I've never owned one and I know there are some 99 aficionados here, so maybe they could give me a pointer or 2 for sprucing up this old banger.
FIrst 2 questions are- When the lever is cocked, it works smoothly, until the last bit, where the bolt lifts up and slides into the chamber. At this point it takes quite a bit more effort. Is this normal with 99's ?
Secondly, when the action is cocked, a small pin pops up from the tang part of the receiver, then drops down when the trigger is puled. I assume this is a "cocking indicator" of some sort?
Is this rifle reasonably easy to strip down, give it a good cleaning and polishing? Or should I limit it to removing the stocks and not messing with any of the internals?
One is avery well used Savage 99 in 30-30. I don't know how old it is, but it's pretty old. Serial # 324### It's mostly been used to put down cows for the last few decades, and has hung in a shop off the barn.
I have no reason to suspect that anything is wrong with the firearm form a safety standpoint- It's a nice, robust rifle that could use a little TLC. While I've shot a few 99's, I've never owned one and I know there are some 99 aficionados here, so maybe they could give me a pointer or 2 for sprucing up this old banger.
FIrst 2 questions are- When the lever is cocked, it works smoothly, until the last bit, where the bolt lifts up and slides into the chamber. At this point it takes quite a bit more effort. Is this normal with 99's ?
Secondly, when the action is cocked, a small pin pops up from the tang part of the receiver, then drops down when the trigger is puled. I assume this is a "cocking indicator" of some sort?
Is this rifle reasonably easy to strip down, give it a good cleaning and polishing? Or should I limit it to removing the stocks and not messing with any of the internals?
That rifle ended up becoming mine years later and I routinely took the stock off and gave it a cleaning and lube job. A nice rifle and family heirloom that was unfortunately STOLEN by a low life SCUM SUCKER that left town 
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