Savage 99 Takedown

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This makes me feel like an idiot, but I'd prefer to look moronic than to cause damage to a new acquisition. I've just bought a Savage 99 lever takedown model in .250-3000, and I can't seem to get it to come apart. I can move the takedown catch on the bottom of the forend, but after that nothing will move. Is there a trick that I'm not aware of, or is it just stubborn? I assume that the barrel unscrews from the action, but I've never handled a takedown model, so I may be completely wrong. Any help would be much appreciated.

Erik.
 
Okay, once the cartch slides forward, the forestock should rotate off. Holding the catch forward, pull down gently on the tip of the forend. It should pop right off.
You will now be able to see the lug on the bottom of the barrel. If you look inside the barrel channel in the forend, about middle front-to-back, you'll see an escutcheon with a square hole. Slide the forend forward so that the barrel lug goes into that square hole.

OPEN THE ACTION!!!!!!!!!!!!This is absolutely CRUCIAL!!!!!

Now twist the barrel off. It is a standard right-hand thread.
 
My itty bitty knowledge of it. Beautiful 99 Savage takedown for sale at gun show. Prospective buyer picked it up, started like he was going to take it apart. Dealer quickly intervened and told him no way. Prospective purchaser then said, "Then you take it apart." The dealer again said no way and explained there were too many forestocks cracked by taking down the take down. He told him if he bought it, he could do what he liked, but the dealer advised him not to take it apart.
 
Do NOT use the buttstock to brace against the twisting action! If you need to, put the action in a padded vise. I have seen tang cracks develop from people holding the butt stock and twisting the barrel.
 
Longwalker said:
Do NOT use the buttstock to brace against the twisting action! If you need to, put the action in a padded vise. I have seen tang cracks develop from people holding the butt stock and twisting the barrel.
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I said forestock, but I think it was tang cracks they were talking about.
 
H4831 said:
I said forestock, but I think it was tang cracks they were talking about.
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No the forestocks can be broken also. They are used as the leverage to twist off the barrel. Bottom line is if you don't have to take it apart, why bother. You risk damage to the wood and the fit of the barrel for what? A neat party trick? Gone are the day when you took your rifle apart to go on the train or some other public transit. Just imagine what would happen in this day and age if you tried to board a train with a rifle in a take down case :eek:
Times have changed and I have more than one take down in my cabinet and the only one that is taken down sits in a case with the 410 barrel.

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The rest I don't bother taken them apart. The less, the better for the rifle. My 22 hp won't even come apart any more since it has a stith scope set up on it.
 
99trix said:
Gone are the day when you took your rifle apart to go on the train or some other public transit. Just imagine what would happen in this day and age if you tried to board a train with a rifle in a take down case :eek:
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I believe you need to have another look at the firearm storage and transport laws, as there is nothing wrong with transporting a firearm on a train or whatever in a case in a take down mode.

If in doubt put a trigger lock on it...or a cable in the case of the lever action. :)

Also what would attract more attention on a bus?
A guy with a rifle case?
Or a guy with the case in your pic?

And as I said from what I understand both are legal.

BTW you have some sweet rifles. :)
 
I never mentioned anything about being illegal, just the hassles and that public perception has changed. I went as a walk on BC Ferries about 6 months ago with a firearm and was told that I had to surrender it at the chief stewart's office until I departed. Yes it can be done, but it is not common practice as was in the 30's when the take down rifles were popular.

Calum said:
BTW you have some sweet rifles. :)
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Thanks! Hopefully I will put a display into the Calgary show next year.
 
99trix said:
I went as a walk on BC Ferries about 6 months ago with a firearm and was told that I had to surrender it at the chief stewart's office until I departed.
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Wow I had no idea they had such a silly policy.
I would have asked to see the Chief Stewarts PAL. :D
 
Well, thanks for all of the advice. I ended up taking it in to a gunsmith, because it simply wouldn't budge, and I preferred to have a professional look at it before I broke something. Turns out that "Bubba," bless his dear heart, decided to inexplicably glue the forend to the barrel about 60 years ago. Fortunately for the gunsmith, the ancient glue was so old and brittle it just cracked apart and allowed the parts to separate without damaging anything. Now, with the glue cleaned out, everything works properly, but it still makes me wonder what on earth could have possessed Bubba to do that in the first place?

Erik.
 
Lots of people were advised to never, EVER take those takedown rifles apart or they'd "loosen up" and so on yadda yadda. I've heard of people LocTiting the barrel threads, maybe this was the same sort of idea? Create a more solid rifle?
BTW, the forend was a bit loose on my 99 takedown and it didn't shoot real well until I put some electrical tape in the barrel channel. Then it was an MOA shooter.
I found the combination of Sierra, Speer or Remington 100-grain flatbase bullets, or the Hornady 87-grain, and Reloder 15 powder to be exceptionally accurate and easy to load.
 
99trix said:
I never mentioned anything about being illegal, just the hassles and that public perception has changed. I went as a walk on BC Ferries about 6 months ago with a firearm and was told that I had to surrender it at the chief stewart's office until I departed. QUOTE]

Calum said:
Wow I had no idea they had such a silly policy.
I would have asked to see the Chief Stewarts PAL. :D
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I asked once and they said something similar. I asked them if they had any staff that had their PAL's so that I could legally hand it over, and if they would sign a reciept for it. They said no to both. Seems the staff have just been told that if in doubt, send it to the chief stewards office. After much digging I found that they specifically left firearms off their "notify the staff if you possess these dangerous items" list specifically for this reason.

Funny thing was I saw an older fellow that looked like he definitely had a soft cased rifle wrapped in a jacket. I really wanted to go ask what it was but never was sure enough:p
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You could pack the 99 in a violin case! I actually had a fellow bring me an ancient 99 TD once, he wanted it fixed up, but had no money. The barrel was pretty loose! I tried a trick told to me by an old timer. I wrapped some whipcord at the base of the threaded portion, and loc-tited the threads. It worked, and has held for several years.
 
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