Thoughts on Old Levergun Cartridges (some photos too)

[leveractionjunkie]

The fun time of the year to hunt wabbits, white fur brown ground!

 

[NAA]

Win 38-55 - Fantastic pics! Great rifles in great ctgs!

 

[MadDog]

Picture time??????

Here's a recent pic of my Savages in 300 Savage. A pre-war 99RS, A model 1920, a 99T and a 99R.

 

[MadDog]

These are just a few. I have manage to aquire one of every caliber that the savage 99 was produced in and it wasn't easy.

Huh? Besides the 38-55 how could it have gotten any harder? You bought 3/4's of your collection off the same guy and your whining about it?

Wish I had it that hard!

 

[99trix]

You bought 3/4's of your collection off the same guy and your whining about it?

24 rifles out of 64 isn't quite 3/4's unless there is some metric conversion that I don't understand. And I did find him, so that has to count for something

Go figure 2 weeks ago I didn't have any 38-55's now I have 2!

Has this one proved a little difficult for you to aquire MD? 99C DOM 1981 in 7mm-08 one of the 3 tougher one's to find in a post mil.

 

[Ahsan Ahmed]

Some very nice Winchesters and Savages displayed. Great collection.

 

[Noel]

Joe, are those the Savage hook style sling mounts I was asking you about on your Model 20?

 

[MadDog]

Ya Noel, they're the ones, same ones on the T to, did you want better pics of them? I can email you over some of the hooks.

 

[LittleBoyLefty]

Model 95 in 35 Win, after many years of looking for one of these found one from a fellow nutz, this one is going hunting shortly.

Awesome '95. Really nice example of a great rifle.

Mine's not a vintage, just a Browning re-pro in 30-06, so no pics on this thread. It's my most prized lever action though. Hoping to tag a bear with it this fall......

 

[Noel]

Ya Noel, they're the ones, same ones on the T to, did you want better pics of them? I can email you over some of the hooks.

No, that pic is good enough. I'll take em.

They will stand out in a crowd if I ever see any.

Cheers.

 

[Win 38-55]

Keep those pics of leverguns and levergun cartridges coming, boys!

 

[Red foreman]

Well here's my savages.Left to right,.22HP,.308,.250-3000 and .300 savage.The newest of the 4 is 1958.Not shown I also have a BL 22 and a 94 in 30-30,I like lever guns.

 

[99trix]

Here are the 15 calibers that the savage 1899 / 99 was offered in:

From left to right (and hopefully smallest to largest)

22-250
22 hp (sav)
243 win
25-35
250-3000
7mm-08
284 win
300 sav
30-30
303 sav
308 win
32-40
358 win
375 win
38-55

Hopefully in the next few days I might be able to get a picture of the group of rifles in one shot.

 

[freddyfour]

Win 38-55, what a great post! Probably one of the best posts I have read on here thus far. I also have a soft spot in my heart for the old winchester levers, hopefully one day I will have at least one in each model hanging on my wall.

Thanks

Brian

 

[Win 38-55]

99trix, that's a great shot of the different Savage cartridges. I never knew that the Savage was chambered in 38-55 (one of my favorites) until you posted on this thread. Some of those Savage chamberings, however, were unfamiliar to me. A picture really helps to appreciate the different chamberings.

 

[99trix]

Here are my 2 38-55's

The one on the right is the one pictured in the bottom picture. The right one is an 1899C (half round half octagon) DOM 1904.

The one on the left is an 1899A (round barrel) DOM 1911.

Both 26" barrels.

 

[Noel]

Looks like someone found someone else an 1895 afterall.
Very nice Blair, That C and chambering is my absolute favorite. Some day...

 

[99trix]

Nope, had to find this one on my own! The dog still has his!

 

[MadDog]

Snicker, yes I do.......

Come on Noel, you thought I'd give up my 1899C in 38-55? Maybe the 1899A Short Rifle in 38-55 but not the C.

 

[99trix]

I might have been able to get it today if I wanted to play hard ball with a guy needing a fix!