I have 2 model 99 Savages. One is a 99EG in .300Savage and the other is a model 99F in .308Winchester.
I was taking the 99F apart upon getting it from the LGS this week for its' first real cleaning. When doing so I noticed something different between it and the 99EG: the buttstock.
Both have pistol-grip buttstocks. However, the 99EG has a single hole bored the length of the stock for the mounting bolt.
The 99F has that hole bored, but two others above it, for a total of three similar diameter holes bored to about the same depth.
IS THIS NORMAL?
Is this one of the ways that the 99F was made lighter?
Is this possibly why I read of a few people complaining that their .308 kicks more than their EG .300?
Just wondering if this was a major bubba job, or factory.
Lastly, did the factory EVER sell 99F savages with Pachmayr F345 recoil pads? This is a 1957 99F with a Pachmayr pad on it. I like it, but wondered how original it is.
Thanks all!
I was taking the 99F apart upon getting it from the LGS this week for its' first real cleaning. When doing so I noticed something different between it and the 99EG: the buttstock.
Both have pistol-grip buttstocks. However, the 99EG has a single hole bored the length of the stock for the mounting bolt.
The 99F has that hole bored, but two others above it, for a total of three similar diameter holes bored to about the same depth.
IS THIS NORMAL?
Is this one of the ways that the 99F was made lighter?
Is this possibly why I read of a few people complaining that their .308 kicks more than their EG .300?
Just wondering if this was a major bubba job, or factory.
Lastly, did the factory EVER sell 99F savages with Pachmayr F345 recoil pads? This is a 1957 99F with a Pachmayr pad on it. I like it, but wondered how original it is.
Thanks all!