Savage 99....250-3000

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I had my eye on one at the Kamloops Gun Show.
Chap had it stickered at $180 and said $150 would take it.
It was the take down version and at this price it had seen better days.
I fondled it for a bit and asked how bad is it?
He said it shoots like this.....showing his two hands forming a circle which
resembled a small cantelope.
He said the barrel was shot out.
I've seen worse for more and a lot worse for a lot more.
Now I'm shaking my head for not considering this one in the safe.
Would it have been worth the purchase and try and find a barrel for it?
I would like to own one of these in this caliber, but the decent ones seem
to fetch a pretty penny.
Any thoughts to the above or wait for the right deal?
Thanks one and all for comments.
Regards.
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Dont know about that. Have seen several that are rebarrelled. Someone seems to think it is worth it. Just got one myself. A 250 featherweight. Was looking for a 250 in the C version but this is fine. Currently working on an older 30-30 Savage 99. Thick barrel but is not shot out. Needed a buttstock though. Still if it shoots I will be happy. No 3 so far. The featherweight I got is probably worth a couple hun more than what I paid for it but likely I keep it. Looking for dies and brass next weekend. Oddly Reliable Gun here in town keeps ammo for it on the shelf along with my 38-55 ammo. Imagine that.
 
i might have bought it and cleaned the barrel really really really well , in the hopes that it was fouled with something .

if it was shot out , i'd look at having it bored out to 6.5 x 300 savage , or even 260 rem .

i've only seen a couple take down savage lever actions , and have missed out buying each one by a few moments .
 
Yup. Seems to happen a lot with 99s. Some cals are much easier to get than others too but never got my hands on a take-down.
 
Hmmm...a takedown, which means 1:14 twist. May not shoot factory ammo very well. Easy for someone unfamiliar with the 99 to assume it was shot out.
At that price, it was worth buying, cleaning, and trying out.
 
I worked on a salmon boat once and found this hard lump under my mattress.

Turned out to be a P14 303 that had belonged to a previous crewman.

The engineer told me he had a Savage Model 99 250 in pieces at home that belonged to his father in law (deceased owner of the boat).

I should have asked him if he wanted to get rid of it. Might have been a fun project.
 
For that price I would have bought it. And you never know, maybe the bore wasn't a total loss. The takedown may have been loose from wear, this can cause bad groups as well.
 
Say more........

Why not? said:
I would have bought it, then sent it to Ron Smith for a rebore to 270 Savage. :)

Ted
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Do tell Ted?
Will the action work for the 270?
Cost to do such?
Last years gun show in Kamloops is where that was.
I have learned a bunch of stuff from here since then.
Turn back the clock and it would be here.
I did find another one but not sure if I need to keep it or not.
Lost my appetite for this Savage 99 in 250-3000.
Looky.
 
The 270 Savage, and the 270 Titus, were long ago answers for 250s with bad bores. PO Ackley, whom I knew personally, did quite a few rebores to both these calibers.

The 270 Savage is the 250 necked up to 270, and easily gets 100 gr bullets to 3100, 130s to 2900. The Titus is the 300 Savage necked down, and with its greater case capacity gets about 100 fps more.

The 99 action works for either one, and Ron Smith is able to do either one today. His price was just over $300 last year, bored and chambered.

Ted
 
I eventually sold the 30-30 since the action is not long enough to take pointy boolits. Sold it and got an older 250-3000. 1959 vintage and will not shoot 120gr boolits. Hole looks like a 12ga slug. Working up some loads once the snow is gone from the range. Nice shape too and a fair price. Might have to tear down the rotary mag as it is a little fussy but thats about all. Guy sold it to me cuz it didnt shoot well. Scope mounts had been messed with seriously and it is now sporting new mounts. Shoots the 87 and 90 very well so will have to find out how far I can go with that. Got a guy sniffing around it already and am not planning to sell. Says something about the cal and the gun.
 
I found a beat-up 99 in .250 (1920 vintage) a couple of years ago, and I snatched it up for $300.00. The bore was pretty bad, but a friend of mine had a good takedown barrel in the same calibre sitting around. My gunsmith took all of 20 minutes to fit the new(er) barrel and ensure it had proper headspace, and it was good to go. I'm glad I did it, but I would have had a larger cost if I had to buy a new barrel and have it fitted. It's a terrific rifle, though, and now my wife says that it's hers, since it looks so nice and there's almost no recoil.
 
This is one of those cals that has been calling to me for a long time but never had a good enough deal in the rifle I wanted. Still not really there cuz its older with the wrong twist rate for heavier boolits but it rolls in between my 223 and 308 so covers me nice anyways. Gonna take it out for some small island deer this fall. Sure is a nice light recoil gun to shoot. And its a 99 too.
 
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