Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors Found a 99A in 375 Winchester

Found this in a central PA shop a couple weeks ago with $999 on the tag (for those inquiring minds keeping score), and negotiated to $900 after buying a Marlin 1894M at the same time. I put some $$$ down to lay the 99A away and posted the balance of the bail yesterday:







It's wearing a 22" barrel, and a Williams Guide rear sight has replaced the factory leaf. I have a Savage 99 leaf from the late 70s/early 80s but I like the WGRS on my rifles anyway so it will stay.

The photos don't do the walnut stock any justice; there's some very attractive figure in the grain.

The bore shows little sign of having been fired much, just some slight copper tracking in the lands. The chatter marks are quite distinctive on the lands and the crown is very sharp.

I've given it a good cleaning and will try to get to the range later this week.

Noah

Ummmm......I'm pretty sure that rear sight is correct and not a replacement.

I just gave one to Rick for his 99A in 375.

The Williams is definitely the correct rear sight

Well that's especially cool, then. Jimmy, MD, thank you both for the confirmation.

Noah

$900.00 well spent!!! Looking for one myself, that and a 25-35, and I'll be happy))) Maybe.....

What part of PA are you in Noah?

North of DuBois, south of Bradford.

Noah

Enjoyed the nice weather last evening before the cold/wet comes back and fired 10 rds from the 375, Winchester factory loads to empty the cases for handloading.

The 375 is plenty accurate with the factory loads; I was able to hit bowling pins offhand at 100 yds. The rear sight insert is a bit too high with the slide at the lowest setting and the POI is about 3" high at 100 yds. I have plenty of WGRS sight inserts and I'll fit a medium-height round notch insert maybe this weekend.

As I mentioned in the OP, the 375 has hardly been fired, and the action is very "notchy." Before any more shooting I'll pull the buttstock and clean off the lockwork bits and use some crocus cloth to make sure they are free of burrs first and then properly lubed.

The 99-375 has the practical accuracy, it's just "rough about the edges" on the inside.

Noah