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358 are fun. These were made in 56, I was 3 yrs old. Damn I’m old!

get them when you see one, the prices keep going up

I have been adding to my lil herd of 99s since 1976, it is good to see the excitement for them. but todays prices just take the fun out of collecting them unless its one I have been looking for a long while . but none the less 99s are a infectious bug that once in your blood never leaves. cool old thread to be reading on a sunday morn !

They do get a hold of you!

many people have tried..many people have died, oh, thats a song, seriously the best you can do for the trigger is to polish a bit, any thing else is a no no

My 99 has a trigger that a bolt action guy could appreciate but my son's 99 has a trigger that belongs on a double action revolver

My 99F went to the gunsmith to see if that trigger could be improved a little and honestly, only “a little” was the end result. I suspect that he cleaned and lubed it and it is good enough for a walking around deer rifle. I have relegated it into a back up rifle role behind a custom bolt action with a way better trigger. Oh, that 99F with a 1.5-5x20 heavy duplex really points well, but for a stand sitting rifle, I don’t see a lot of an advantage in using a 99. A lever action might be just a hair faster for a follow up shot than a bolt action, though in my experience a second shot doesn’t need to be that much faster even in the woods.

My 48' 300. EG. 4x Weaver in Lightfoot mount



I'm not completely sold on the 99 for all my deer hunting chores.
It's definitely heavier than my Kimber Hunters and doesn't have nearly as good a trigger.....

Where I hunt, I can be setup for close in action or it can take place at 400 yards or more very easily. I rather like the better trigger and powerful scope (and ability to dial elevation) that the Kimber offers. But I'll find a time and place each year to carry the Savage. It may also become my loaner rifle...

The gun show in Sioux Falls last week end had many Savage 99’s. I saw three 308’s - all over $1,000. A 358 was on a table at over $2,000.

All three of the 308’s did not have a brass cartridge counter.

Had fun with a 32-40 last weekend


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You got lucky. 99 savage as good as it gets for deer hunting.

BLR is a bit smoother and would be my choice. Only issue is Browning no longer carries any parts for them . None at all.

Unless you're left handed. I'd hunt with mine all the time if I could get that safety off. As it is its relegated to a stand hunting rifle

I've shot at least one deer with each of the different cartridges that Savage chambered the 1899/99 for except the 22HP, 7mm08, 303 SAV, 32-40, and 38-55. I've also shot at least one deer with 99s chambered for 6 non-cataloged or wildcat cartridges; 6-284, 25-284, 257AI, 260, 6.5-284, and 40-55.

I like the post-WW2 99F for still-hunting, the post-WW2 99R for hunting from a stand, and the 99C/CD for wildcatting. The 99F in 243 that I had rebored/rechambered to 260 is, IMO, close to a perfect match of rifle and cartridge for hunting medium game.

I have one being made into a .338 Federal. I’m anxious to get it back!!

I have 2 99’s.
Pops bought me a 99 EG in 300 savage that came into my uncles sport goods store on trade. This would be 1988/89 ish. I was 15. Serial number dates to 1941 man. I still have this gun today. Shot my first deer with it around 89/90. Have also knocked down a half dozen moose with it over the years, on top of many other deer.
My other 99 was pops. He had a 99E in 300 savage. Serial number dates to 1982 man. Pops passed away in 2006. This one will go to my son when he’s a little older. We’re both lefty’s, as was pops.
I’m now reloading for the 300 savage. Ammo is getting harder to find in years of late. It’s not like it used to be.

That's a lot of pork.

That would make the 308’s either 99 C or 99 E. If there was no removable clip, they were 99E’s.

My only one. 99a in 250 savage. Handy little rifle that is plenty accurate. Have shot it plenty, need to hunt it more.