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Hello:
I am a proud owner of a friend's rifle. He had it a long time and I finally coned him out of it reasonable. It is a 99-C and is in Winchester .284 Caliber. I was wondering how many of these were made and how rare they are? The Duog murry book I have does not talk in detail about this one. It is a later clip fed model. It also seem's to have exibition grade wood on it with real nice stripled grain. Thank's to all that reply. Regards, thegeneral.


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I can't answer your question but I would like to see a picture!

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The 284 isn't a very common round. If you got it for less than 600 dollars you should feel like a thief. I am guessing about 800 for one in nice condition, even though it is a clip fed model. JMHO. Les


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I've got a 99C in 284 as well, gotta get a headspace problem worked out before deer season.

Also just grabbed up a 99C in 22-250 which is probably harder to find than the 284.


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Hello :
I gave 200.00 for it and it cycles and fires fine. Thank's for the responses I will try to get a picture when I have time. Any idea how to find about how many of them in .284 Winchester were made ? That thing kick's like a mule and is very accurate.. Reghards,thegeneral


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No idea on the quantity produced. The 99-C in .284 was produced from 1965-1973.


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Stop that thief, you can tell him by the huge grin on his face. Good deal. I think he stole, how about you Rick, Joe? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> Les


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Mad dog ... was the 22-250 from Epps. I saw it but passed as I don't collect anything this side of World War 2. I've only seen 2 or 3 over the years.
Market sureseems tight right now, very few good guns for sale of any maker.
My report card time so little time left for Savages, haven't opened gunroom in 4 days.
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Yep, thats the one Bill.

I don't have alot of A series around here either but for that price in that caliber I couldn't resist. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> Along with the 284 and 22-250 my only other A series rifle is an old model 170 in 30-30.


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Hello Violator:
This is a long story.. I had totaly haunted my friend for this rifle for year's. He had it in as the original owner owed him some money. He kept it 9 year's before I landed it. I paid him just what the welcher did not pay back. A month after I got the rifle he called me laughing saying the original owner showed up with the dough but did not get the .284 ... I agree that the rotary magazine model's are more craftsmanship and have owned three in the past 20 year's but you can not get the .284 in them.. Regards, thegeneral


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The .284 was made in the F and DL models. I would bet there were more rotary models made than Cs.


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Maybe it is a regional thing, but I've seen and owned more 99Cs in 284 than all rotary magazine styles combined. 99s in 284 were very uncommon in New England, but there seem to be a fair number of them in and around Nebraska. I got really lucky a several years ago at a show in Wichita, KS, and went home with a minty 99PE for $700. The majority of the 284s that I see are in pretty good condition and appear to have been used very little, perhaps because ammo is less common and more expensive.

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perhaps because ammo is less common and more expensive
Hey Jeff:
I tend to agree that the ammo is pricey but let's face it they are not a real "PLEASURE" to bang away with.. Mine isnt to me anyway's. I am getting older and do not enjoy the recoil I did as a young man. I also believe they were more of a mid West rifle due to there long range capability. Regards. thegeneral


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I tend to agree with Mike, the rotarys were out long before the C's and had a good headstart on the mag fed models.

I've seen more 284's in rotarys listed than C's. I'd like to get Jeds point of view on this, he's seen alot of 284's so I'd like to know what he's seen more of.


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I have seen more 99C's in .284 than the rotary mag models in western Canada--have only seen the one Joe bought (99C) and one that I bought (99DL) in the last 3 or 4 years so they seem to be getting scarcer. There was a dealer in BC who listed and sold at least 4 or 5 99C's (different ones) in the space of a year about 5 years ago.

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Actually, the 284 was introduced in 1964 and the 99C in 1965, so 365 days, or less, does not make much of a lead. BTW, I have seen exactly 1 cut checkered 284 and it was a proto-type, so I wonder how many 284s were actually made/shipped before Savage went to pressed checkering in 1965.

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Is there anyway to get numbers on calibers anymore?

Are all the files on these gone?

I'm wondering how high up J.C. can go.

Rick when you were down there why didn't you go through the piddly thousands of files and count up the 25-35's, 38-55,s and 32-40's? Bahahahahhaaa!!!!!!!!


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Hello:
I had a few spare minutes so grabbed a few pictures of my model 99 In .284 Winchester. You can see how nice the wood is and there is no checkering and that may also help in determining when it was made. Regards, thegeneral.
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Pretty wood! Too bad Savage seldom put such nice figured wood on their production guns. If it belonged to me, I'd have it checkered.

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That is a very nice rifle. My question is do you feel bad about buying it, I hope not, i wouldn't. Les


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