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I can't take credit for finding this - I got it from one of my customers.

Here is the link to the company that makes a picatinny style mount for the 99.

Mount

Sweet Jeebus your customer found em for us! Happy day.

I don't get that. What makes this any different than a Leupold or Redfield one piece base, except that it's more versatile in scope mounting location? Is this one of those, "If you have to ask, you wouldn't understand" kind of deals?

I'd like to see a reflex type sight on a 99 carbine for close quarters bear combat scenarios and it seems like that mount would make it do-able.

If you have to ask.. you don't get it.

Stick a picatinny rail on a 99, and you're going to get folks going all tacticool on ya, and... I don't wanna see that. I've seen a few 99's done up as scout guns with the scopes way out on the barrel. It's wrong, just wrong. Picatinny rail is gonna make it worse.

If ya really, really want one.. don't make it a Savage.

Thank you.

I am not into any kind of tactical lever rifle crap at all but I do want high quality weaver style lever type QD rings on my .358 Savage 99 to get to irons quick in the thick stuff.

Nothing wrong with that.

I ain't sticking one on a 1899A 30/30 for cryin out loud.

99: Close quarters combat?

Kind of like an AR-99?

What?

Planet Earth to Roy:

Come in Roy...

We have multiple perps in manzanita thickets all over my stomping grounds.

hunting coyotes at night around here ,guys are using infared and night vision scopes,and they all like to mount on a picatinny rail system.They will come off as easy as they go on,not like your welding them to your favorite savage !!!

Mystery solved. Those mounts are not things of beauty but more so of function. And lets face it, Weaver mounts (the Picatinny's parent) on a 99 fit that category too. On most other rifles, Weaver mounts and rings aren't considered lookers. Having said that, I wouldn't turn my nose up at either as function and not beauty often wins the day.

It will fit any factory drilled 99. The ad tells me the manufacturer doesn't know diddly about the 99 lever guns but he does know how to build a mount for them.

Maybe I could use a picatinny to mount a peep sight.

I can see the practicality, but frankly were I to put myself in a situation where reflex sights, night vision, lights, etc. were in order I would just trick out my AR an be done with it. Or not.

I think everyone here agrees there is no place for any kind of Tacti-Cool Crap on a lever actioned rifle, and certainly not a Savage 99. The sillyness of the kids putting all of this trash on their lever rifles is based on their lack of understanding of the purpose of the design of this hunting rifle. It is the inability to think things through on their own and follow the rest of the heard. These are the sheep who's total meaning in life comes from an I-Pad.

All of that said, there is no doubt Weaver scope bases grace more Savage 99's than any other. They are made out of aluminum and the new ones have fitment issues with the 2 piece design making the issue worse.

This Savage 99 Weaver scope base is not a tactical rail. It is a solid steel American made high quality scope base that has the look of the other traditional scope bases, just slots instead of the 2 screws in the back and the rotory mount front. The fact that it is a Weaver base gives one many, many more scope ring options including different designs and ring heights from heights ultra low to ultra high and everything in between. The ability to use high quality lever rings to quickly and reliably remove and re-install the scope is a damn good feature for those who prefer open sights in the really thick chit.

I have never heard of this company before but they have gotten my first order and get my appreciation for delivering a product I have been wanting a long time. I will most likely be ordering a number of these for other Savage 99 rifles and I'll let you know how the first one pans out.

The Savage 99 in .358 IMO is about as flexible a hunting rifle you can get and a solid steel American made one piece weaver base is what this puppy needs as the recoil from 250 grain Nosler Partitions will challenge the integrity of lesser scope bases.

I've got one coming as well. $125 shipped! Wowser.

Let us know how it fits when you get it. One area where this mount will come in handy is in fitting many of the modern shorter tube scopes, especially compacts. The Redfield system (both the Jr. and Sr. bases) put the front ring out in front of the receiver ring. I've had this put limitations on moving some scopes back far enough to get proper eye relief. Redfield made a different version of the jr. base that was made for fitting onto non-drilled 99s, at least that's how i see it but it's my hunch they predate factory drilled guns. This base puts the front ring between the two screws and works best with shorter tube scope. Problem is you have to have a 99 that was drilled after it left the factory and most guys chagrin at the thought of owning such beasts.

A set of extension rings with the front ring turned to the back will put it nearly over the receiver ring just like the old style Redfield Jr.

The hole spacing on the old Redfield Jr. is wider too - not .5" like factory.

Yeah, I know but I'm not a fan of extension rings. Its an aesthetic thing.