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I lurk he but seldom reply, because it's like a baby sitting in on a college class. I have a 99E and the cylinder, I think that is what it is called it holds and rotates the ammo. Mine is aluminum, I understand some were made of brass and others steel. Will this have any effect on the wear are function of the rifle? All help and answers greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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It shouldn't be an issue if its working properly now. Keep the sand out of it.
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I lurk he but seldom reply, because it's like a baby sitting in on a college class. I have a 99E and the cylinder, I think that is what it is called it holds and rotates the ammo. Mine is aluminum, I understand some were made of brass and others steel. Will this have any effect on the wear are function of the rifle? All help and answers greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. I honestly can't see anyone shooting a 99 and "wearing" anything out. Maintain good gun care practices and it will out live you.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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What you are describing is the magazine rotor. Brass, steel, or aluminum alloy and you'll never wear one out under any condition that I can foresee.
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If Savage had engineered it's 99's like GM and Ford engineer their trucks, you'd have them in the shop once or twice a season for adjustment and maintenance, then recall updates, electrical fires, rotor brakes going out, screws stripping and the spring flying out, spraying loaded cartridges around the forest when the action is opened, and metalurgical issues causing pre-mature wear and failure (not covered under warranty).
Maybe that's why Savage can't afford to make any more 99's and GM and Ford still make trucks. Just guessing.
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I think that Savage stopped selling 99s 'cause people stopped buying 99s. In the late 1970s and early 1980s inflation was out of control, so prices went up, quality didn't keep pace, and the market dried up so that there wasn't any reason for Savage to continue to produce that which the consumer no longer wants.
Marlin has managed to keep selling their Model 336 in a variety of configurations, so there must still be some consumer demand for lever action CF rifles.
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fireball2 don't forget about the price you pay for all of those conveniences.. I don't wanna get going on that
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