A curiosity question for you lever experts.
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I dont own either, but know those who do. I'm guessing the savage
Is this a question you know the answer to?
Is this a question you know the answer to?
I have a BLR in 308 and a 99 in 300 Savage (my sons would say they do and I own nothing).
The 99 is shorter.
I think the 99 is twice the gun, but the BLR is new and my 99 has seen better times. It is now a project gun waiting to be bubba'ed.
The 99 is shorter.
I think the 99 is twice the gun, but the BLR is new and my 99 has seen better times. It is now a project gun waiting to be bubba'ed.
...actually i don't know the answer. I have owned a BLR .308 and .243 in the past and i still have Grandma's Savage which will never be sold. When i owned the BLR's i never compared them. I was just curious. Browning's seem over priced compared to the 99's
I do not honestly know how many lever guns I have owned, but it has to be closing in on a hundred. Marlins, Winchesters, Savages, Brownings, lots of models and lots of chamberings.
The shortest stroke that I know of is the Browning BL-22 with a thirty-three degree stroke, and it is both fast and slick, a nice little rifle.
Between a Savage 99 and a BLR, without having them in my hands yes I would say that the 99 stroke is shorter. BUT (and this is a large BUT), there are relatively few 99s that are as smooth as the BLRs, so I would say that the BLR is faster. For all practical purposes, however, there is no difference at all between any of them.
Yes, a 99 will generally let you know that you have squeezed the trigger, and yes that is for most folks an issue of stock design and fit. For me, the worst are the Marlin 336s, which do not fit me at all and so I have to take my cheek off the stock to get a sight picture - and that increases recoil to my cheek and contributes to poor accuracy..........
Doug
The shortest stroke that I know of is the Browning BL-22 with a thirty-three degree stroke, and it is both fast and slick, a nice little rifle.
Between a Savage 99 and a BLR, without having them in my hands yes I would say that the 99 stroke is shorter. BUT (and this is a large BUT), there are relatively few 99s that are as smooth as the BLRs, so I would say that the BLR is faster. For all practical purposes, however, there is no difference at all between any of them.
Yes, a 99 will generally let you know that you have squeezed the trigger, and yes that is for most folks an issue of stock design and fit. For me, the worst are the Marlin 336s, which do not fit me at all and so I have to take my cheek off the stock to get a sight picture - and that increases recoil to my cheek and contributes to poor accuracy..........
Doug
Never owned a 99, not sure that I ever will. I have owned 1 marlin 336 and it was like shooting a rifle with a chunk of 4X4 for a stock. Like my good buddy Doug says, the BL-22 is the fastest throwing lever out there, but belive it or not I prefer the action on my 1892 in 44-40 over any BLR I own.
I think you wusses should stop mounting 50mm scopes on your Marlins and then see how they fit Maybe I'm built weird but they fit me like a glove as long as there's no or a very low scope on them
And back to the question at hand... from memory i'd say the savage has a slightly shorter stroke than a BLR although I have exactly zero of each right now so I can't confirm
Maybe I'm built weird but they fit me like a glove as long as there's no or a very low scope on them And back to the question at hand... from memory i'd say the savage has a slightly shorter stroke than a BLR although I have exactly zero of each right now so I can't confirm
Doug said:
I just traded a BLR off to you, that would be messed if I bought one so soon
And on the Savages I see MadDog is getting a little dilusional so I predict lots of them for sale soon once they take him away...
