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Im new to this forum and new to a savage 99 and im trying to learn a little about this 99c i have purchased in 22-250 caliber. I own several guns and im familiar with the 22-250 round. I understand these rifles in this caliber are rare. just how few of these were made and is this a keeper gun? it is nearly new with supposedly less than a full box shot in it and i have no reason to doubt it. any input on this rifle is appreciated thank you.
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With it in that condition then ya, it's worth a few pennies.
Not sure on production numbers but they aren't seen alot. Won't even chance a guess.
I've got one in 22-250 and it's gotta be the most accurate of all my 99's.
I'd say keep it. A couple guys might tell you it's junk cause it's a post-mil tang safety gun but just ignore it, I wouldn't trade mine up for anything.
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Quite rare.. I don't think anybody has a good handle on how many were produced, but they were only made for a very short period of time. Don't have my notes with me, somebody will jump in with that information.
If nearly new, I'd park it in the gunsafe.
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First made in 77, discontinued in 80 You guys can do the math
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As Other Said Great Rifle,and Rare I have had a Few and Still have 2. They'll Fetch between 800.00 to 2500.00 from what i have seen If it like new Put it away,In the Safe. Will only go up in value.
I heard,,but this is on hear-say and i do not confirm this by any-means but the number that i heard was only 600 some of these rifles where produced. Only the Factory or the Historian would probably have a number that they can confirm. Steve
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Steve, I sold a NIB 22-250 a while back and it didn't bring $2500..
Still, that's one that's going to end up being like the 25-35's or 38-55's are now. Stow it away as part of your retirement plan.
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i have no desire to get rid of it alhtough im mainly a collector of wwii firearms and until i bought the 99 the only savage i owned was an original savage made .303 and i consider it to be one of my favorites even over the garand and BAR i have. thanks for accepting me on here. I look forward to more gun talk and ill try to post some pics soon.
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Stay around, you have a lot more 99's to go before you're full up. And 2 is just the start.. they do tend to breed. Here was mine:
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nice! yeah guns around my house multiply like rabbits
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i might have just discovered mine is not an original 22-250. i looked it over closer and realized that the barrel has no other info on it other than just 22-250 and not stamped straight. the only way i knew it was a 99 is the design and the "c" part being the first digit of serial number so i assumed it to be a 99c. did savage make them that way or do you fellas think a gunsmith did this to a different caliber?
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Barrel address should look like this.
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The "C" is to designate a removable clip model. It sounds like you have a rebarreled action. Is it a rotary magazine model 99? or does it have a clip? Don
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They only made them in 99C's, mag fed.
As far as $2500 goes I'm not sure what idiot paid that for a 22-250 even if it was still in the box unopened.
I think 600 is alot on the low side as well. If I had to take a guess I'd say more like 2500-3000 of them made.
It might have been rebarreled with one of the left over barrels from the factory. I don't know if they had a barrel address on them or not, Rick was talking about those a couple weeks ago and I forgot what he said about them.
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I remember numrich had a lot of the barrels at one time.
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There was one for sale on GA that matches your description perfectly... they were asking something stupid like $2300... I wrote them politely and informed them there gun lacked any collector value and they lowered the price quite a bit...that one was NOT an original savage barrel ...
And I'm with Joe on the production numbers... I really have no ground to stand on except I have seem a LOT more of them for sale than a total of 600 would allow for... I know of at least 2 for sale right now
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They were also made in 99a--saddle gun
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They were also made in 99a--saddle gun News to me, never seen one. You have anything to back that up?
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Murray does not list the 99a in caliber 22-250. If one does exist, it apparently wasn't a standard production issue.
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Maybe thinking 250 vs. 22-250?
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