My new adoption. Savage 99 in .308 Win

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My new member of the family. She is a beautiful little girl in .308 winchester. She has been refinished but the person who did it, has done a good job. I am itching to know her exact age though. Serial number is B5143XX and there is no lever boss code. Hoping someone can help me.


Here are some pics of her.


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That looks like a 99E (Economy) with a darkening job on the birch stocks. I believe this particular model of the 99 was produced from 1965 to 1982. I have one with an A prefix serial number made in 1971. This puts yours at a later date of manufacture. Nothing wrong with these rifles. Just a more budget version of the 99 rifle. Birch or beech stocks , no cartridge counter and using the older lever safety. I have the carbine version in .300 sav with 20" barrel. I put a take off walnut stock set on from a 99c series a. One of my favorite deer rifles.
 
nomad 68 said:
That looks like a 99E (Economy) with a darkening job on the birch stocks. I believe this particular model of the 99 was produced from 1965 to 1982. I have one with an A prefix serial number made in 1971. This puts yours at a later date of manufacture. Nothing wrong with these rifles. Just a more budget version of the 99 rifle. Birch or beech stocks , no cartridge counter and using the older lever safety. I have the carbine version in .300 sav with 20" barrel. I put a take off walnut stock set on from a 99c series a. One of my favorite deer rifles.
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Economy model is just fine with me. It shoots well and looks good with the stock refinishing. I am very easy to please. Especially when something is the right price like this was. Thanks for the info. Everything i can find out about this rifle the better.
 
Jay said:
Very nice rifle! Betcha can't wait for hunting season next year!

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Jay
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It is definitely on my mind. I am planning on shooting it this summer at the outdoor range until i can hit what i am aiming at. Then i am going to take it with me hunting. I will be after white tail deer and black bear this year.
 
old thread I know but I have a question for you savage 99 guys.

A buddy is getting married this weekend and another friend of thiers who knows his wife very well, offered to sell him a rifle that they know she wants. She is a hunter and wants a lever gun and her dad a savage lever gun years ago.....

anyhow, the rifle in question appears to be in fairly decent shape, no idea how it shoots or what the bore is like. The stock has a forming but closed crack running back from the action above the trigger on the grip. .... repairable.
The rifle has a modern (last 20 years) cheapo Tasco world class 3-9x40. Looks okay but worth nothing in my opinion.
It is a 99C in .308, clip fed , rear sight is gone due to scope.
Looks like a handy little rifle but I think for what it is and the condition.... which is "used , reasonable condition" but not good or very good by any means LOL

buddy wants my friend to pay him 600 bucks and I was thinking more like 400...... what say you guys?
I can't post pics sorry. it has a sliding tang safety with a little brass button ahead of it..... it has a brass type trigger...... it has a "K" stamped on left side of receiver above stockline at breech under the Model 99C and it has a circle on the trigger guard base with "9U" inside it. By the serial number, it appears to be newer than 1956 and possibly newer than 1971.... hard to say LOL
 
The 99C in 308 was the most common caliber, made from 1965-to about 2001. For $600 I would be looking for an almost mint condition one, not with a crack- rear sight gone. The little brass button is a cocking indicator, up means ready to fire. Scope adds nothing to value so I think your $400-450 is more than fair.
 
kinda what I figured.
The guy selling it is an idiot anyways LOL
I've given my friend the best advice i can give him and told him no too buy it without shooting it and to take it into a local sporting goods shop for a second opinion but I told him 350 maximum is what he should be paying. Up to him now but I told hi if he really wants a 99 lever gun in .308 for the wife I can probably find one for him at a good price without a cracked stock hehehe

thanx for the help guys, much appreciated ;)
 
Hope you find what your looking for... The Savage 99 in various configurations are regularly up for sale and some travels to any gun shops around your area can have them more often then one might think. As mentioned by another poster the pic of this 99 is most likely post 1960.
 
ya, sorry LOL, I resurrected a thread to ask a question rather than start a new thread and waste forum space haha.
The savage community here has helped me in the past with dating and valuing older rotary fed savage 99's , a takedown 22HP and a old 300 savage.
 
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