savage 99 questions
- Thread starter nomad 68
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The crimp was / is a main issue for guns that have feeding tubes and not magazines, or even the very old 99 like mine that is rotory feed. In tube feed guns it had been noticed that some rounds were being effected ( aol changing) due to the recoil of the rifle. I out of habit, crimp for all my guns and I load for 10 different calibers and have never had an issue. I do not see any reason why crimping would be a deterant to a good safe load and therefor I would say , yes, crimp away !
ALBERTA BOY
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Not necessary. The magazine on the 99 should be considered the same as in a bolt rifle for this purpose. There are bolt rifles with rotary mags such as the Ruger American and Browning X-Bolt.
The X-bolt may be a bad example though, as it has a shoulder stop in the magazine which prevents the bullet from touching anything even under heavy recoil.
The X-bolt may be a bad example though, as it has a shoulder stop in the magazine which prevents the bullet from touching anything even under heavy recoil.
A trick for accurizing a 99 is to rough up the inside barrel chanel at the fore end tip with sandpaper [last inch] then put a small dob of glass bedding. Use release agent on all metal in the area,tighten fore end back on wipe off excess glass and let dry.By playing with the tension screw in the fore end your gun should shoot MOA or 1/2 that.All my 99's did.........Harold
nomad 68
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Thanks for the tip.Mine is a lightweight carbine with 20" barrel in .300 savage and shoots all the factory stuff in 150 gr very well.Just starting handloading and i can't wait to see what i can make this rifle do.
