Tell me about these lever guns I just inherited

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So I got these 2 savage lever guns left to me along with a pile of dominion/imperial/CIL ammo.

Rifle 1 I'm keeping as an open sight deer rifle. It's a very good condition model 99 in 300 savage. Heavy but I rather like how it balances out. Serial # puts it as made in 1950. I like the faded bluing in the areas that it was carried in the hand. Cool rifle, a keeper, along with 200 or so rounds of vintage CIL hunting ammo in appropriate grain weights for hunting. Pics when I get home tomorrow.

Rifle 2 is pretty cool and when i searched for gun values, the only canadian listing was in the 1500 ballpark. U.S. examples showed similar values 650 to 1500 usd.
It is a savage 1899 H , takedown in 22HP (22savage). It's a little more worn from use, some stock damage but holy crap is it nice to shoot LOL and accurate. If I had a use for it, I'd have no hesitation shooting it all the time. Hard to believe is was made in 1914. This rifle I might sell or trade at some point so any info I can glean would be cool. The other detractor is the former owner electro pencilled his sin# or DL # on the rifle in a pile of places :( so totally takes away it's collector potential. Oh well, cool find nonetheless. It also came with several boxes of the CIL/imperial 70gr psp ammo, which was quite accurate and virtually no recoil. Fun rifle.

Not being a lever gun guy, what can you guys tell me about them?
And yes, a useless thread without pics... I promise, they're coming LOL
 
That thought crossed my mind for sure LOL I posted about that very thing a few months back. I knew 6 months ago I was getting these rifles, it just took awhile for me to get around to picking them up.

I have something special for my next haida deer trip.... In a 25rem pump action, another super old vintage rifle that will see the field again ;)
 
Check out some auction sites, i think you will find that the 22 hp is not worth what you think. At the time they were a pretty hot round. Condition would dictate price of course.

The 300 savage was of of course the inspiration for the 308. I ate a lot of moose when i was a kid shot with a Model 99 308.
 
If it were me I would keep the .22 HiPower. They don't bring high prices and you say it is a little worn with stock damage as well. Without pics you are probably talking around a $500-$600 rifle. It would fetch a little more if it were a .30/30,300 or .250/3000.
 
Getting a value is more or less so I can set a "fair" price. Not worried about top dollar as a collectable.
Will get pics up later today
 
I haven't lived in BC since 2014- looked at the new regs for the Skeena zone and it says 15 bag limit, 5 possession limit. Is this to allow for group hunting or a typo?

Either way, m14 with a bayonet might work but you probably wont want to throw it.

As for the lever actions, I have heard it said that most guns of this type will fetch more in the States because of the collectors market.
 
If the TD .22 HP has electro-pencilled SIN #'s all over it ,it is a shooter plain and simple.........$500-$600 NFL more like $300 and you should take up reloading to feed it.Some will shoot .224 bullets with a short ogive profile like the old Speer 70gr RN .224........Harold
 
conor_90 said:
I haven't lived in BC since 2014- looked at the new regs for the Skeena zone and it says 15 bag limit, 5 possession limit. Is this to allow for group hunting or a typo?

Either way, m14 with a bayonet might work but you probably wont want to throw it.

As for the lever actions, I have heard it said that most guns of this type will fetch more in the States because of the collectors market.
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yup seems not as collectable in Canada
as for region 6 deer limits (Skeena) , as far as I know the 15(5) bag limits are only for haida gwaii and have been that way for as long as I can remember.
the deer are small , Sitka deer , the smallest of the mule deer family.
there are craploads of them , thus the bag limit. a guy can do very well if he gets into a good area. local knowledge is key ;)
 
I have hunted/worked there. A wonderful place

For some reason the way it is in the regs now makes it seem like you can shoot 15 and possess 5. Maybe I'm just going crazy
 
mbogo3 said:
If the TD .22 HP has electro-pencilled SIN #'s all over it ,it is a shooter plain and simple.........$500-$600 NFL more like $300 and you should take up reloading to feed it.Some will shoot .224 bullets with a short ogive profile like the old Speer 70gr RN .224........Harold
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I have an abundant supply of .228 diameter 70 grain bullets, and the ability to make more...........:cool:
 
I believe that 22 HP is carried by Tradex. They would likely have ammo and reloading supplies. They sell some combo guns that are chambered for it, not sure what the metric designation is but a few minutes on their site should find it. Lapua makes ammo, again, because it is popular in parts of Europe.

I would think it would be a capable shooter for the little suitcase sized north coast blacktail. Somewhat like a overpowered version of the 22 hornet IIRC.
 
Yes, the Sitka Blacktails are all over the Islands. They are tiny, but fantastic eating. This is a mature deer with my 75lb Airedale beside it to give you an idea of size. The deer weigh between 60 and 100 pounds or so.

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Think .219 Zipper as the .224 equivalent .............essentially a necked down 30/30.......25/35 using .228 bullets.AKA .22 IMP.....I have pictures of two grizzly hides and the lady hunter that shot them on her claim in the BC Caribou region.Wingnuts also shot tigers with it! Bullets need to be short profiled like the discontinued Speer.......Hornady's can tip , as they are too long for the twist in some guns..Ken Waters......pet loads.............................Harold
 
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